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is oiling

  • present progressive
    of oil (3rd person singular).
    oil
    noun
    any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.

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Get ready to rumble: John McCain is oiling up to enter the ring as the Republicans’ heavyweight champ on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

From Newsweek

"The jolly miller has no corn to grind to-day," or, "The miller is oiling the great wheel."

From Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum