OIL, OILED, OILINESS, OILY
ADJECTIVES
► GREASY slippery, slick, oily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GREEN of oil and wine: unmatured, not mellowed by keeping; also, fresh, not rank or stale → 1483 obs.
► LUBRICATE slippery; smooth and oily → 1848
► LUBRICIOUS smooth, slippery, oily → 1656
► LUBRICOUS slippery, smooth; slimy; oily → 1659
► OILEOUS full of or containing oil; oily → 1597 obs.
► OILISH resembling oil; somewhat oily → 1471 obs.
► OLEAGINOUS containing oil or an oily substance; oily, fatty, greasy → 1634
► OLEATED oiled → 1661 obs.
► OLEOSE of the nature of oil; containing oil; oily → 1675
► OLEOUS of the nature of oil; containing oil; oily → 1601 obs.
► ŐLLIE oily, greasy → 1898 Sc.
► PINGUIOUS of the nature of fat; fatty, oily → 1681 obs.
► SALVY greasy, oily, soapy → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SAPPY oily → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCTUOSE of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; oily, greasy → c1400 obs.
► UNCTUOUS 1. of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; oily, greasy → 1387
2. having an oily or greasy feel or appearance → 1668
NOUNS
► BLEEDING SPOT an oil leak on an asphalt road → 1962 US sl.
► DEVIL’S TAR oil → 1949 Amer. dial.
► EELIE-DOLLY oil of any kind → 1881 Sc. obs.
► ELE oil → c950 obs.
► ELESAEW oil → c1200 obs.
► LUBRICITY slipperiness, smoothness; oiliness → 1601
► OLEAGINITY oily nature ..1657 obs.
► OLEAGINOSITY oily nature → 1694
► OLEAGINY oily nature → 1678 obs.
► OLEITY the time of gathering olives, or the olives when they are gathered to make oil; also, oiliness → 1656 obs.
► OLEOSITY oily quality or consistency; oiliness → 1610 obs.
► OLLIE ► OOLY ► OULIE ► ULZIE oil → 1787 Sc.
► SHEEN a very thin film or slick of oil, as on water → 1970
► UNCTUOSITY oiliness, greasiness → 1398
VERBS
► PINGUEFY to make greasy, to saturate with oil → 1599