-oyl

suffix

1. (in chemistry) indicating an acyl group or radical

   methanoyl

   ethanoyl

Word History and Origins

Origin of -oyl¹

C20: from o ( xygen ) + -yl

Example Sentences

But Ice will swim in water of what thinness soever; and though it sink in oyl, will float in spirits of Wine or Aqua vit.

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You must be careful not to have the heat too much; for then it will turn to oyl; as also if the Cream have been carried.

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This hath not the unsavoury taste of Oyl alone, nor the blackness of Butter alone.

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You may also baste such meat with yolks of new-laid Eggs, beaten into a thin oyl.

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As he cloathed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and as oyl into his bones.

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