oiled
AmericanOther Word Forms
- unoiled adjective
Etymology
Origin of oiled
Example Sentences
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Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025
Agencies recovered four oiled birds alive in Oregon, the Coast Guard said in a news release Wednesday.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
Officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s office of oil spill prevention and response said Friday that, so far, one oiled bird, a grebe, had been recovered.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2024
She oiled them, then snapped them back in line by running her beak down the shafts from base to tip.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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