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Definition of Oilers
1. oiler [n] - See also: oiler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilers
Literary usage of Oilers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"We again assert that the members of the congress were not authorised, by their
constituents, either to reject our oilers without the previous consideration ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1893)
"Upon a bill in equity to enjoin N. from using the word "Draper" as applied to
other oilers than those made by the plaintiff corporation, the following facts ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... it possible for a man to devote himself to glass without sinking to the rank
of a mechanic; and artists begin to realize the scope glass oilers them. ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... the Government oilers large bounties on enlistment in the United States, and
because British subjects in ti:<; United States, tempted by these bounties, ..."
5. Steam Engine Troubles, a Practical Treatise for the Engineer, Telling how to by Hugo Hamkens (1919)
"CHAPTER XV oilers Centrifugal crankpin oilers. ... oilers. Wiper and tube for
crosshead. Oil boat for eccentrics. Oil piping. IT is generally conceded that ..."
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