self-oiling

• a word derived from oil.
  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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self-oiling

Had not nature made a machine, perfect in all its parts, self-oiling, “autotherapeutic,” and all that?

From Quacks and Grafters by Unknown

The lower box is fitted with a patent self-oiling and adjustable step shown at a, b, c.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Related Words

• coat
• grease