资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
lighting streets, houses, etc.
{Oil gland}.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in
birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.
(b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
{Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil.
{Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
-- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.
{Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
{Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
from its oily consistency and from its forming the
vitriols or sulphates.
{Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}.
{Oil painting}.
(a) The art of painting in oil colors.
(b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
ground in oil.
{Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
esp. {El[ae]is Guineensis}. See {El[ae]is}.
{Oil sardine} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
scombrina}), valued for its oil.
{Oil shark} (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The liver shark.
(b) The tope.
{Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
{Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which
petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
{Oil tree}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the
seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
(b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}.
(c) The oil palm.
{To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night.
{Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}.