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oiler|ˈɔɪlə(r)|
[f. oil n. or v. + -er1: cf. F. huilier oil-manufacturer, oil-merchant.]
†1. A manufacturer of, or dealer in, oil; an oil-man. Obs. rare—0.
1552Huloet, Oyler or oyle maker, Olearius. 1818Todd, Oiler, one who deals in oils and pickles. This word is in Huloet. We now say oilman.
2. One who oils or lubricates with oil. Also fig.
1846Worcester, Oiler, one who oils. 1883Ld. Granville in Standard 3 May 3/3 In the House of Commons you have some good oilers. 1899Daily News 22 Mar. 9/2 An axle oiler at Charing Cross Station.
3. Any contrivance for oiling machinery, etc.; usually a small can with a long narrow nozzle through which to apply the oil.
1861Olmsted Journ. Cott. Kingd. I. 57 He did not give himself the trouble to elevate the outlet of his oiler, so that a stream of oil..was poured out upon the ground. 1886Cycl. Tour. Club Gaz. May 192/1 The old oilers, with screw caps..have seen their day.
4. An oilskin or oilcloth coat and/or trousers. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1889A. F. Higgins in Scribner's Mag. June 681 Some..with oilers and rubber boots defy the waves. 1899‘Q’ Ship of Stars ix. 69 Taffy wore a suit of oilers, of which he was mighty proud. 1924R. J. Flaherty My Eskimo Friends i. i. 6 Old Puggie, donning oilers and sou'wester,..settled down to the helm. 1969Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 22 June 2/2 You can always spot Dolfie in his favorite open boat, because he almost invariably wears yellow oilers.
5. An oil-well. U.S. colloq.
1890Columbus (O.) Disp. 24 May, The Ohio Oil Co...drilled in an oiler..that will be the largest one in this field.
6. a. ‘A vessel engaged in the oil-trade. (Little used.)’ (Cent. Dict.)
b. A naval vessel carrying oil for the use of other ships.
1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiv. 255 Perhaps they would be going alongside an oiler at dead of night to replenish their fuel, and the wind would get on the wrong bow. 1923[see oiling vbl. n. 3]. 1943Times 8 Dec. 3/3 A flash was followed by a sheet of flame and the oiler was burning fiercely when our aircraft left. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom viii. 215 She was a Fleet oiler that had discharged her cargo at Christmas Island. 1973Times 15 Mar. 5/4 Sightings included a Soviet F class diesel electric submarine together with..an oiler. 1974Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 22 Apr. 8/1 The carrier Kitty Hawk, several escorting destroyers and an oiler were expected to sail through the Strait of Malacca today.
c. A vehicle transporting oil.
1948Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 714 A tank-car is a car or oiler. 1975I. K. Martin Regan & Manhattan File 54 That truck..was a General Mills sixteen-wheel oiler.
7. a. A vessel using fuel-oil.
1911J. Barten Compl. Nautical Pocket Dict. 138/2 Oiler, Dampfschiff mit Oelfeuerung. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 664/1 The word ‘oiler’, like ‘steamer’, for oil⁓driven ships..is coming into use.
b. An oil-engine.
1926Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 843/1 She is a cold-starter, two stroke ‘oiler’.
c. A vehicle using oil as its fuel.
1935Economist 7 Dec. 1136/2 As far as goods traffic is concerned, the growth of the Diesel lorry or ‘oiler’ has been at the expense of the ‘steamer’ as much as of the petrol vehicle.
8. U.S. slang. A Mexican. (derogatory.)
1907S. E. White Arizona Nights i. iv. 82 A few oilers livin' near had water holes in the foothills. Ibid. iii. ii. 282 We're livin' like a lot of Oilers. |