oil-ring 
Oil-ring (oil'ring), n. In 
seal-fngruriny, a ring with 
a small dish on top to hold 
oil and diamond-dust, it is 
worn on the forefinger of the 
workman, and the wheel is sim- 
ply allowed to rotate in the dish 
to replenish the engraving-tool. 
oil-rubber (oil'rub'er), n. 
In engraving, a piece of 
woolen cloth, 6 or 7 inches 
long, rolled tightly so that 
the roll is from 2 to 2-J 
inches in diameter, tied 
with a string, and touched 
with oil. It is used to rub 
down too dark parts of engraved 
work, or to clean a copperplate. 
The same object is accomplished 
by the use of a small piece of 
cloth held on the forefinger, or 
of a bit of soft cork dipped in oil. 
Oil-safe (oil'saf ), . A tank for storing inflam- 
mable oils. It consists of a sheet-metal vessel having a 
4098 ointment 
mals are made into oiled leather or wash-lea- pour.] In Gr. antiq., a small vase of graceful 
ther shape, with a three-lobed rim, the central lobe 
oil-temper (oil'tem"per)..t To temper (steel) forming a mouth adapted for pouring, and a 
bv the use of oil instead of water or saline so- single handle reaching above the rim: used for 
lutions. See temper. dipping wine from the crater and filling drmk- 
Oil-tempered (oil'tem"perd), a. Tempered with ing-cups, 
oil See temper. ointt (oint), v. t. [< WE.mnten, oynten^ < OF. 
Bars of oil-tempered and untempered steel. 
Science, III. 724. 
Oil-press. 
a, a, a, boxes ; b, the 
pump ; c , the pipe by which 
pressure is transmitted from 
the pump to the ram of the 
press. 
Oil-tempering (oil'tem''per-ing), n. The pro- 
cess of tempering steel with oil. See temper. 
Oil-tester (oil'tes'tfer), n. 1. A machine for 
testing the lubricating properties of oils. 2. 
A process or an apparatus for ascertaining the 
temperature at which the vapors from mineral 
oils will take fire. 
oini (< L. ncfs),~ pp. of oindre, anoint: see 
anoint, unction.'} 1. To anoint. 
Lord shield thy Cause, approve thee veritable, . . . 
Oint thine Anointed publikely by Miracle. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, it, The Lawe. 
The ready Graces wait, her Baths prepare, 
And oint with fragrant Oils her flowing Hair. 
Congreve, Hymn to Venus. 
2. To administer extreme 
ointing-boxt, n. A 
ointing-clotnt, 
^=S^r- tfirougt between ^ -7 <r if 
< oint + -ment) ot ointment, q. v.] A fatty or 
the juxtaposed surfaces. 
The lower end of the shaft passes through an ail-tight 
stuffing-box. RarMne, Steam Engine. 
maDie Oils. It consists 01 a sneet-meuu veaaej uaviug A - m , , ., i nT1 i 
sheathing of wood and some intervening material that is a Oil-tree (oil'tre), n. 1. The castor-oil plant. 
See cut under castor-oil. 2. Same as illttpi. 
3. Same as oil-palm. 4. The Chinese varnish- 
tree, whose wood yields 
an important oil. See 
Aleurites and tung-oil. 
5. Probably the stone- 
pine, Pinus Pinea (Isa. 
xli. 19). 
poor conductor of heat, as asbestos, mineral wool, etc. 
oil-sand (oil'sand), n. The name given in the 
Pennsylvania petroleum region to the beds of 
sandstone from which the oil is obtained by bor- 
ing. See petroleum. 
oil-seed (oil'sed), n. 1. The seed of the Eicinus 
communis, or castor-oil plant; castor-bean. 
2. The seed of Guizotia Abyssinica, a composite 
plant cultivated in India and Abyssinia on ac- oil-tube (oil ' tub), n 
count of its oily seeds. 3. The plant gold-of- In bot., a longitudinal 
pleasure, Camelina sativa. Sometimes called 
Siberian oil-seed. 
oil-shale (oil'shal), n. Shaly rocks containing 
bituminous matter or petroleum in sufficient 
quantity to be of economical value; shales or oilway (oil'wa), n. A 
clays in which a considerable quantity of or- passage for oil to a part, 
ganic (hydrocarbonaceous) matter has been 
preserved and is diffused through the mass of 
the rock. 
oil-Shark (oil'shark), n. A fish, GaleorUnus 
zyopterus, a small kind of shark. See cut under 
Galeorhinus. [California.] 
Oilskin (oil'skin), n. 1. Cloth of cotton, linen, 
or silk, prepared with oil to make it water-proof. 
Such cloth is much used for water-proof gar- 
ments. 2. A garment made of oilskin. 
canal filled with aro- 
matic oil, especially 
characteristic of the 
fruits of the Vmbelliferce. 
There were two men at the wheel in yellow oilskins, and 
the set faces that looked out of their sou'westers gleamed 
with sweat W. C. Russell, Jack's Courtship, xxviii. 
oil-smeller (oil'smel"er), n. A person who 
pretends to be able to locate oil-bearing strata, 
and to locate positions for successful well- 
boring, by the sense of smell, and who makes 
a profession or trade of this pretension, in the 
earlier history of petroleum in the United States, this 
kind of quackery was much more common than now. 
oil-spring (oil' spring), w. 1. A spring the water 
of which contains more or less intermingled oily 
(hydrocarbonaceous) matter. 2. A fissure or 
an area from or over which bituminous matter 
(petroleum or maltha) oozes. 
The petroleum of the oil-springs of Paint Creek has had 
its home in the great Conglomerate at the base of the Coal- 
measures. Proc. Ainer. Philol. Soc., X. 42. 
oil-stock (oil'stok), n. A vessel used to con- 
tain holy oil ; a chrismatory. 
oilstone (oil'ston), . A slab of fine-grained 
stone used for imparting a keen edge to tools, 
and so called because oil is used for lubricat- 
ing its rubbing-surface. Fine oilstones are 
often made of novaculite, 
of quartz. Black oilstone 
Oilstone-powder, pul 
ed. It is used for grinding together such fittings of 
mathematical instruments and machinery as are made 
wholly or partly of brass or gun-metal, for polishing fine 
brasswork, and by watchmakers on pewter rubbers in pol- 
ishing steel. Oilstone-slips, small pieces of oilstone 
cut by the lapidary into such forms as to adapt them to 
the surfaces of the various objects on which they are to be 
used in polishing. 
oilstone (oil'ston), v. t.; pret. and pp. oilstoned, 
ppr. oilstoning. [< oilstone, .] To rub, or 
sharpen or polish by rubbing, on an oilstone. 
The tool must be given less top rake, and may then be 
oUstoned. Joshua Rose, Practical Machinist, p. 81. 
Z 
Oil-tubes. 
I, in the fruit of Fezniculum 
pipcritHnt, marked with black. 
2, in the leaf ofMyrttts commu- 
transverse section (with oil- 
Oil-stove (oil'stov), n. A small stove in which 
oil is used as fuel, with either flat or circular 
wicks. Such stoves are provided with portable ovens, 
and with devices for broiling, for heating flat-irons, etc. 
The smallest sizes are little more than lamps of special 
design. 
Oil-tank (oil'tangk), n. A receptacle for stor- oinochoe (oi-nok'- 
ing, treating, or transporting petroleum. o-?)j [Prop. 
oil-tawing (oil'ta"ing), n. The process of cur- cenbehoe; < Gr. 
rying in oil, by which the skins of various ani- olvof, wine, + x c ~' v t 
as a hinge, to be lubri- 
cated. 
oil-well (oil'wel), n. A 
boring made for petro- 
leum. This is the name by 
which such borings in vari- 
ous oil-producing regions, 
and especially in Pennsyl- 
vania, are most generally des- 
ignated. Borings which are 
unsuccessful, or which do not 
furnish any oil, are called dry 
wells. See petroleum. 
Oily (Oi'li), a. [< .Oil + res^ojr cr1>h i g hly magnified 
-j/ 1 .] 1. Consisting of 
oil ; containing oil ; having some of the quali- 
ties of oil: as, oily matter; an oily fluid. 2. 
Appearing as if oiled ; resembling oil. 3. Fat ; 
greasy. 
This oHu rascal is known as well as Paul's. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., it 4. 575. 
A little, round, 1st, oily man of God. 
Thomson, Castle of Indolence, i. 69. 
4. Figuratively, unctuous ; smooth ; insinuat- 
ingly and smoothly sanctimonious; blandly 
pious; fawning. 
If for I want that glib and oily art, 
To speak and purpose not 
Shak., Lear, i. 1. 227. 
I know no court but martial, 
No oily language but the shock of arms. 
Fletcher, Mad Lover, t 1. 
She had forgiven his Pharisaical arrogance, and even his 
greasy face and oily vulgar manner. 
Trottope, Barchester Towers, xiit 
Oily bean. See fteani. 
oily-grain (oi'li-gran), n. Same as benne. > 
[< It. oime, oliime (= NGr. ui/i.6, 
alas! ay me!: see O2, and ay 
Alas! 
Oimee ! I am afraid that Morphandra hath a purpose to 
retransform me, and make me put on human shape again. 
Howett, Parly of Beasts, p. 5. 
linementt, n. [ME., also oynement, oygnement, 
< OF. oignement, an 
anointing, < oigner, 
oindre, ongier, 
anoint : see oint. 
Ct.ointment.~\ Same 
as ointment. Chau- 
cer. 
I tell the for-sothe 
thou may make other 
mens synnes a pre- 
cyouse oynement for to 
hele with thyne awene. 
Hampole, Prose Trea- 
[tises (E. E. T. S.), 
[p. 86. 
oinochoe of Greek Pottery. 
unctuous preparation of such a consistency as 
to be easily applied to the skin by inunction, 
gradually liquefying when in contact with it. 
In American pharmacy, ointments differ from the cerates, 
which are of similar composition, in having a softer consis- 
tence and lower melting-temperature. In British phar- 
macy, the cerates are included among the ointments. 
We . . . wonder more, if Kings be the Lord's Anointed, 
how they dare thus oyle over and besmeare so holy an unc- 
tion with the corrupt and putrid oynlment of their base 
flatteries. Milton, Church-Government, ii., Cone. 
Acetate-of-leadolntment(unguentumplumbiacetatis), 
acetate of lead and benzoin ointment. Aconitia Oint- 
ment (unguentum aconitise), eight grains of aconitin to an 
ounce of lard. Alkaline sulphur ointment (unguen- 
tum sulphuris alkalinum), sulphur, carbonate of potash, 
and benzoinated lard. Ammoniated-mercury oint- 
ment (unguentum hydrargyri ammoniati), ammoniated 
mercury with simple or benzoin ointment. Antlmonlal 
ointment (unguentum antimonii tartarati), tartarated an- 
timony with lard or simple ointment. Also called tartar- 
emetic ointment, tartarated-antimony ointment. Apostles' 
ointment. See apostle. Atropla ointment (unguen- 
tum atropise), atropiu and lard. Basilicon ointment. 
Same as basilicon. Belladonna ointment (unguentum 
belladonna?), extract of belladonna in lard or benzoin oint- 
ment Benzoin ointment (unguentum benzoini, adeps 
benzoatus or benzoinatus), a mixture of lard and tincture of 
benzoin in the proportion of eight to one by weight. Also 
called benzainated or benzoated lard. Blue ointment. 
Same as mercurial ointment. Boric-acid ointment (un- 
guentum acidi borici), boric acid and paraffin. Calamin 
ointment (unguentum calaminse), prepared calamin and 
benzoin ointment or simple ointment Also called Tur- 
ner's cerate. Calomel ointment. Same as subchlorid-nf- 
mercury ointment. Cantharldes ointment (unguentum 
cantharidis), cantharides with wax and either olive-oil or 
lard and resin. Also called Spanish-fly ointment. Car- 
bolic-acid ointment (unguentum acidi carbolic!), simple 
ointment with the addition of carbolic acid. Carbonat- 
ed-lead ointment (unguentum plumbi carbonatis), car- 
bonate of lead and simple or benzoin ointment. Chrysa- 
robln ointment (unguentum chrysarobiui), chrysarobin 
and benzoin ointment Citrine ointment. See citrine. 
Compound iodine ointment (unguentum iodi com- 
positum), the same as iodide ointment, but with less iodine 
and more iodide of potash. Compound ointment of 
mercury (unguentum hydrargyri compositum), mercurial 
ointment with yellow wax, olive-oil, and camphor. Com- 
pound ointment of subacetate oflead(ceratum plumbi 
subacetatis), subacetate of lead with camphor cerate; 
Goulard's cerate. Creosote Ointment (unguentnm cre- 
osoti), creosote and lard or simple ointment Diachy- 
lon Ointment (unguentum diachylon), oxid of lead, olive- 
oil, and oil of lavender. Also called lead ointment. Du- 
puytren'8 ointment, tincture of cantharides and lard. 
Elemi ointment (unguentum elemi), elemi with sim- 
ple ointment. Eucalyptus ointment (unguentnm eu- 
calypti), oil of eucalyptus and paraffin. Gallic-acid oint- 
ment (unguentum acidi gallici), one part of gallic acid 
with nine parts of benzoin ointment Glycerin oint- 
ment (unguentum glycerini). (a) Spermaceti, white wax, 
oil of almonds, and glycerin. (i) In the German pharma- 
copeia, glycerite of starch. lodide-of-cadmium oint- 
ment (unguentum cadmii iodidi), iodide of cadmium m 
simple ointment lodide-Of-lead ointment (unguen- 
tum plumbi iodidi), iodide of lead with simple or benzoin 
ointment. lodide-of-potash ointment (unguentum 
potassii iodidi), iodide of potash and lard, with or without 
hyposulphite or carbonate of potash. lodide-of-sulphur 
Ointment (ting uentum sulphuris iodidi), iodide of sulphur 
and prepared lard. Iodide ointment (unguentnm iodi), 
iodine and iodide of potash with lard or benzoin ointment 
lodoform ointment (unguen turn iodoformi), iodoform 
with benzoin ointment Lead ointment. Same as di- 
achylon ointment. Mercurial ointment (unguentum 
hydrargyri), metallic mercury in a fine state of subdivision 
disseminated through lard and suet. Also called blue oint- 
ment and Neapolitan ointment. Mezereum or mezereon 
Olntment(unguen turn mezerei), fluid extractof mezereum 
with lard and yellow wax. Neapolitan ointment. Same 
as mercurial ointment. Nitrate-pf-mercury ointment 
(unguentum hydrargyri nitrati), citrine ointment. Nut- 
gall ointment (nnguentum gallse), nutgall in powder 
mixed with lard or benzoin ointment. Ointment Of 
galls. iSame as nutgall ointment. Ointment of galls 
and opium (unguentum gallee cum opio), nutgall ointment 
with the addition of opium. Ointment of poplar-buds 
(unguentum populeum), lard in which poplar-buds and 
fresh leaves of belladonna, hyoscyamus, poppy, arid Sola- 
num nignim h,ive been digested. Ointment Of staves- 
acre, lard to which the coarsely ground seeds of Delphini- 
um Staphisaqria have imparted their active principle by 
heat. Oleate-of-zinc ointment (unguentum zinci olea- 
ti), equal parts of zinc oleate and soft paraffin. Pagen- 
