Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oil"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Oil
Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was
used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex.
29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some
of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but
was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the
jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (Ex. 25:6;
27:20; Matt. 25:3); for medicinal purposes (Isa. 1:6; Luke
10:34; James 5:14); and for anointing the dead (Matt. 26:12;
Luke 23:56).
It was one of the most valuable products of the country (Deut.
32:13; Ezek. 16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce
with Tyre (27:17).
The use of it was a sign of gladness (Ps. 92:10; Isa. 61:3),
and its omission a token of sorrow (2 Sam. 14:2; Matt. 6:17). It
was very abundant in Galilee. (See {OLIVE}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub ({Aleurites
moluccana}), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is
used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut (
{candlenut, or kekune}, {oil}) has many uses.
2. The tree itself.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.]
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale
oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral
origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used
for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication,
illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
{Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
{essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural
oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
{Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a
complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}.
{Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying},
and {Essential}.
{Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See
under {Ethereal}.
{Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}.
{Oil bag} (Zo["o]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
containing oil.
{Oil beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and
allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
vesicating properties, and are used instead of
cantharides.
{Oil box}, or {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir,
for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath
the journal of a railway-car axle.
{Oil cake}. See under {Cake}.
{Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
cup}.
{Oil color}.
(a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
(b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oil \Oil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Oiling}.]
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to
anoint with oil.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oil
n 1: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not
miscible with water
2: oil paint used by an artist [syn: {oil color}]
v 1: cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
2: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious
ceremony of blessing [syn: {anoint}, {inunct}, {anele}, {embrocate}]
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