oilstonen.
/ˈɔɪlstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈɔɪlˌstoʊn/ 1. A flat, smooth, fine-grained stone whose surface is moistened with oil for sharpening tools; stone suitable for use in this way.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening > whetstone
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Scotch stone1766
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1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 412/1 Cos cretica,..an oylestone, or a Barbars whetstone smeared with oyle, or spitle.
1675 R. Hooke Diary 28 June (1968) Lamb bought yle stone, 18d.
1710 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 493 I set it sometimes upon an Oyl-stone or Hone.
?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 44 in School of Arts (ed. 2) The tools necessary for engraving are, the oil-rubber, burnisher, scraper, oil-stone, needles, and ruler.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 24 They will leave the surface of metal..almost as smooth as an oil-stone.
1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 242 Oilstones.—These are of several kinds, the best known being the Charnley Forest, Turkey, Arkansas, and Washita brands.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 300 Fine oilstones are generally used for sharpening flat chisels.
1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 112 The man..came back with a wooden rack of butcher and boning knives together with an oilstone and set them out on the paper.
2001 Model Engineer 186 136/3 To give the form tools a really keen edge, the top..should be rubbed on a flat oil stone.
2. North American. Usually in form oil stone. Each of the musk glands or sacs of a beaver or otter.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Castoridae (beaver) > inguinal sac(s)
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1799 J. Smith Acct. Captivity 38 I asked [him], what was the use of the beaver's stones, or glands, to them; - as the she beaver has two pair, which is commonly called the oil stones, and the bark stones?
1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 7 Jan. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. xxvii. 175 Two others..contain a pure oil of a strong rank disagreeable smell..these are called the oil stones.
1867 S. Newhouse Trapper's Guide (ed. 3) ii. 38 The musk of the Otter (which is an oil taken from two small glands, called oil-stones, lying next the skin on the belly of both sexes) may be added to complete the charm.
1953 P. Provancher I live in Woods 12 114 The second pair of glands are the oil sacs popularly known as the ‘oil stones’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
oilstonev.
/ˈɔɪlstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈɔɪlˌstoʊn/ rare.
transitive. To sharpen on an oilstone. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > sharpening tool
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1876 J. Rose Compl. Pract. Machinist iii. 51 If, therefore, a hole requires to be made unusually smooth, the [boring] tool must be given less top rake, and may then be oilstoned.
1888 C. M. Woodward Man. Training (1890) xv. 247 To grind his plane and oil-stone it.
1976 N. Freeling Lake Isle vii. 40 Castang forgot about Sabine. She had been a useful device for keeping his mind oilstoned over an hour or so.
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