oil-control ring noun (motoring)

Same as scraper ring (see under scrape)

oilˈ-cup noun

A small cup-like container, usu attached to machinery, for holding and dispensing lubricating oil

oil drum noun

A cylindrical metal barrel for oil

oil engine noun

An internal-combustion engine burning vapour from oil

oilˈfield noun

An area that produces mineral oil

oil-filled cable noun (elec eng)

Cable with a central duct filled with oil, eliminating gaseous voids and consequent ionization

oilˈ-fired adjective

Burning oil as fuel

oilˈ-gas noun

Illuminating gas or heating gas made by destructive distillation of oil

oil gauge noun

An instrument for indicating the level of lubricating oil in an engine, etc

oil gland noun

The uropygial gland in birds, forming a secretion used in preening the feathers

oil immersion noun

A technique, used to extend the resolving power of a light microscope, in which a thin film of oil is placed between a special oil-immersion objective lens and the specimen

oil length noun

The ratio of drying oil to resin in eg a varnish (longˈ-oil having a high proportion, shortˈ-oil a low proportion, of oil)

oilˈman noun

1. A man who deals in oils
2. A man who owns an oil well
3. A man involved in the operation of an oil well, oil rig, etc

oil mill noun

A grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, etc

oilˈnut noun

The N American butternut, the buffalo-nut, or other oil-yielding nut

oil paint noun

An oil colour

oil painting noun

1. A picture painted in oil colours
2. The art of painting in oil colours

oil palm noun

A palm (Elaeis guineensis) whose fruit pulp yields palm oil

oil pan noun

The sump in an internal-combustion engine

oil paper noun

Paper that has been oiled, eg to make it waterproof

oil platform noun

A steel and/or concrete structure, either fixed or mobile, used in offshore drilling to support the rig and to keep stores, etc

oil press noun

A machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp

oilˈ-rich adjective

Having much oil

oil rig noun

1. The complete plant (machinery, structures, etc) required for oil-well drilling
2. (loosely) a mobile oil platform

oil sand noun

1. Sand or sandstone occurring naturally impregnated with petroleum
2. Tar sand

oilˈseed noun

Any seed that yields oil

oilseed rape noun

A plant with vivid yellow flowers, yielding vegetable oil

oil shale noun

A shale containing diffused hydrocarbons in a state suitable for distillation into mineral oils

oil silk noun

A transparent silk fabric impregnated with oxidized oil

oilˈskin noun

1. Cloth made waterproof by means of oil
2. A garment made of oilskin

oil slick noun

A patch of oil forming a film on the surface of water or (rarely) a road, etc

oilˈstone noun

A whetstone used with oil

oil string same as production string (see under produce).

oil tanker noun

A vessel constructed for carrying oil in bulk

oilˈ-tree noun

Any of several trees or shrubs from which oil is obtained, that mentioned in Isaiah 41.19 in the Bible probably being the oleaster

oil well noun

A boring made on land or the seabed for extracting petroleum

oily fish noun

Any fish whose meat is rich in fatty acids, including salmon and mackerel

long-oil and short-oil see oil length above.

no oil painting (informal; facetious)

(facially) unattractive

oil someone's palm

To bribe someone

oil the wheels

To do something in order to make things go more smoothly, successfully, etc

strike oil

1. To discover oil while boring for it
2. To find the way to success and riches

scrape /skrāp/

transitive verb

1. To pass a sharp edge over
2. To move with a grating sound over
3. To smooth, clean, clear, reduce in thickness, abrade, graze, remove, form, collect, bring, render, by such an action
4. To get together, collect by laborious effort (often with together or up)
5. To achieve with difficulty
6. To erase
7. Contemptuously, to play (the fiddle)

intransitive verb

1. To graze (with against or on)
2. To scratch the ground
3. To grate
4. To make a grating sound
5. To draw back the foot in making a bow
6. To play the fiddle
7. To save as much as possible, enduring hardship thereby
8. To get by with difficulty (with through, along, home, etc)

noun

1. An act, process, or period of scraping
2. A stroke of a violin, etc bow
3. A grating sound
4. A stroke (of a pen)
5. A scraped place in the ground
6. A graze or abrasion, eg on the skin
7. A shave (facetious)
8. A mass of earth scraped up, eg by a rabbit
9. A backward movement of one foot accompanying a bow
10. A scraping or thin layer
11. Thin-spread butter or margarine
12. A fight or other conflict (informal)
13. A difficult or embarrassing predicament (informal)

scrāpˈer noun

1. A person who scrapes
2. A scraping tool, instrument or machine
3. A fiddler (derogatory)
4. A barber (derogatory)
5. Any of several gallinaceous birds that scrape or scratch the ground

scrāpˈie noun

A degenerative disease caused by prions and affecting the central nervous system of sheep, characterized by acute itching, the animals rubbing against trees, etc to relieve it

scrāpˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. Its sound
3. A thin piece scraped off

scrappˈage noun

A scheme by which an owner of a car or other piece of equipment can claim towards the cost of replacing it

scrapeˈgood noun (archaic)

A miser

scrapeˈgut noun (archaic)

A fiddler

scrapeˈpenny noun (archaic)

A miser

scrapˈerboard noun

1. A clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them
2. Such a drawing
3. This method of making drawings

scraper ring noun (motoring)

A ring fitted on the skirt of a petrol or oil engine piston to prevent excessive oil consumption (also oil-control ring)

bow and scrape

To be over-obsequious

scrape acquaintance with

To contrive somehow to get to know

scrape the (bottom of the) barrel see under barrel