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ˈoil bath
Also oil-bath.
[f. oil n.1 + bath n.1]
1. A receptacle containing oil for cooling, heating, lubricating, or insulating apparatus immersed in it, or for other purposes.
1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 663 Exposed..by means of an oil-bath, to a temperature between 300° and 350°. 1885Marine Engineer 1 Sept. 151/2 The crank shaft at the lowest point of its revolution constantly touches the surface of an oil bath in the closed motion chamber. 1927Mellanby & Cooper tr. Kieser's Materials & Design Turbo-Gen. Plant 52 The sudden drop in temperature is obtained by quenching the wheels in an oil bath. 1968K. Ball B.M.C. Autobk. 4 198/2 Oil-bath... In air filters, a separate oil supply for wetting the wire-mesh element. 1970― Fiat 600 164/2 Oil bath Reservoir which lubricates parts by immersion. 1971Power Farming Mar. 57/3 It forms an oil-bath for the drive, the oil being circulated by the gears to the outboard end and returned through piping.
2. India. (See quots.)
1909Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 5/2 The term oil-bath is only a misnomer, inasmuch as the bath is not taken in oil. It is applied to a process involved in besmearing the body with oil and then bathing in a river or tank to remove the oil from the body. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dancer ix. 96 First, the entire body is given an ‘oil-bath’, that is, oil is rubbed into it. |