, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

Oiler
(Oil"er) n.

1. One who deals in oils.

2. One who, or that which, oils.

Oilery
(Oil"er*y) n. [Cf.F. huilerie.] The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

Oiliness
(Oil"i*ness) n. The quality of being oily. Bacon.

Oillet
(Oil"let) n. [See Eyelet.] (Arch.) (a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. (b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]

Oilman
(Oil"man) n.; pl. Oilmen One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.

Oilnut
(Oil"nut`) n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.

The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.

Oilseed
(Oil"seed`) n. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (c) The sesame.

Oiled silk


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