oil of bay (obtained from the bay laurel).

As postmodifier. Compounded or flavoured with the essence of roses; distilled from roses. = oil of roses n. at rose, n.1 1d.

Any of various resins, oils, and pitch-like substances with a practical use (see also some of the 18th- and 19th-cent. quots.); spec. (a) mineral…

(Oil) of laurel.

oil of spica, oil of spike. Obsolete.

oil obtained from seeds; a particular oil of this kind.

A thick brownish-yellow oil obtained from rapeseed, used as a lubricant and in the manufacture of biofuel, foodstuffs, soap, and synthetic rubber.

Oil obtained from the kernels of nuts, used in the manufacture of paints and varnishes, in cookery, etc.

An oil obtained from mastic.

rose-oil; cf. oil of roses n. at rose, n.1 1d.

A myrtle tree. Chiefly in oil of myrtine n. = myrtle oil n. at myrtle, n. compounds 2.

Sesame oil; (also) the sesame plant, Sesamum indicum. Frequently attributive, esp. in gingelly oil.

An essential oil extracted from rose petals and much used in perfumery. Cf. attar, n.

= alkitran, n.

oil of spike, an essential oil obtained by distillation from Lavendula Spica (and L. Stœchas), employed in painting and in veterinary medicine. (Cf…

oil obtained from the ben-nut.

the volatile essential oil of the European myrtle, Myrtus communis.

Sesame, sesame oil.

Oil of marjoram.

the essential oil expressed from the kernels of walnuts.

Short for rape oil, n. Now rare.

an oil distilled from rhodium wood; (in later use also) a mixture of oils used as a substitute for this.

= rape oil, n.

An essential oil distilled from the flowers of the Seville orange and used in perfumery. More fully neroli oil, oil of neroli.

oil obtained by dry distillation of mace and used as a flavouring similar to nutmeg.

spirit of scurvy-grass: a volatile oil distilled from the plant. Obsolete.

oil extracted from beech-mast.

an oil expressed from the seeds of the opium poppy and used esp. as a drying oil in artists' colours; a similar oil expressed from the seeds of…

A pale yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Ricinus communis or Palma Christi (family Euphorbiaceæ), having a nauseous slightly acrid taste; used in…

= sassafras oil n. at compounds 2.

General attributive, as orange-peel cutter, orange-peel oil, orange-peel water, etc.

A name for several oils or oily substances obtained from various trees: (a) from the East Indian Dipterocarpus alatus and other species (= gurjun, n.…

The essence extracted from the fruit.

a pale yellow oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used esp. in cookery.

oil extracted from birch bark, often used to preserve Russia leather.

= castor oil, n.

tung oil.

= poppy oil n. at poppy, n. compounds 2.

the pale yellow fat extracted from cocoa beans, which is used to make chocolate and as an ingredient in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

an oil distilled from the root of the common sassafras, from the bark of the Tasmanian sassafras, or from the sassafras nut.

A large subtropical tree, Diploknema (formerly Bassia) butyracea (family Sapotaceae), found in parts of southern and eastern Asia. Also: (chiefly…

spirit(s) of wine, alcohol, rectified spirit; oil of wine, œnanthic ester; also, a heavy oily liquid (heavy oil of wine) consisting of etherin…

a fragrant essential oil obtained from any of several grasses of the genera Chrysopogon and Cymbopogon.

oil obtained by the distillation of flowering marjoram plants, used as a flavouring, in perfumery, and in alternative medicine.

the aromatic oil obtained from these trees, used in medicine as a stimulant, antispasmodic, and sudorific.

Powder made from the crushed seeds of certain plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), used in cookery for its pungency (see sense A. 2a)…

A thick, colourless, oily liquid distilled from wood tar; 4-propyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol, (C3H7)C6H2(OCH3)2OH.

oenanthic ether n. a fragrant oily liquid responsible for the characteristic odour of wine, originally obtained from the distillation of wine lees…

(a) an oil resembling olive-oil, obtained from the seeds of species of Camellia (allied to the tea-plant), and used for various purposes in China and…

A colourless transparent oil of peculiar smell, one of the constituents of smoke, obtained from wood-tar.

or oil of cinnamon, a sweet aromatic yellow oil obtained from cinnamon-bark, cassia-bark, etc., consisting chiefly of cinnamic aldehyde.

Powder made from the crushed seeds of certain plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), used in cookery for its pungency (see sense A. 2a)…

a fragrant oil distilled from orange flowers and used in perfumery; neroli oil.

An oily hydrocarbon produced by the distillation of rosin.

a volatile oil obtained from crushed seeds of black mustard, used medicinally as a counterirritant; (Chemistry) allyl isothiocyanate, the chief…

A volatile oil obtained from myrrh.

An oil obtained from storax and the resin of balsam of Peru; oil of storax.

A liquid aldehyde with a fruity odour, obtained by distilling castor oil and used in perfumery; 1-heptanal, CH3(CH2)5CHO.

A sapotaceous tree of tropical Africa, Bassia Parkii, from the kernels of which is obtained shea butter (also called galam butter), a substance…

= oil of wintergreen at sense 5a.

A genus of evergreen aromatic plants (family Ericaceæ). The plant Gaultheria procumbens, known in the U.S. as Wintergreen, yields a volatile oil…

More fully ginger-grass oil. An essential oil produced from any of several grasses of the genus Cymbopogon; (in later use) spec. the oil produced…

an essential oil obtained from nutmegs, used esp. as a flavouring.

any of various oils obtained from the leaves, twigs, wood, or resin of pine trees.

= sense A. 3.

fat extracted from cocoa beans; = cocoa butter n.

an essential oil obtained from the rind of the orange.

Any of various preparations made from the seeds, fruits, leaves, or bark of this tree, used for medicinal purposes, as an insecticide, etc…

A dark yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tree Pongamia pinnata (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)) and used in India as a treatment for certain…

an aromatic volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Xanthoxylon piperitum.

the oil obtained from crab-nuts, used for lighting purposes and as an anthelmintic.

An evergreen tree, Bassia longifolia (family Sapotaceæ), a native of Southern India. illupi oil, a fixed solid oil obtained from the seeds of this…

an oil extracted from the seeds of Brassica chinensis.

Linseed oil or a similar drying oil that has been thickened by heating, used in paints, varnishes, and printing inks.

= mustard oil n. at mustard, n. adj.compounds 2.

an oil obtained from the seeds of the Carapa guianensis, a large tree found in tropical South America.

An East Indian tree Garcinia purpurea related to the Mangosteen. cocum butteror oil: a greenish-yellow solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree.

A tree, Pongamia glabra, family Leguminosæ, widely diffused from India to China and Northern Australia; its seeds yield Kurung oil, much used in…

A clear oil obtained from the seeds of the Indian tree Butea monosperma (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), used as a vermifuge.

a yellowish-green oil obtained from the seeds of Nectandra pichurim. Obsolete. rare.

In full serpolet oil: see quot.

General use as a modifier, as in sumbul balsam, sumbul oil, sumbul root, etc.

attributive, as sesame grain, sesame oil, sesame-seed; sesame cake n. sesame grass n. = gamagrass, n.

= niger seed oil n. at sense 1b.

a kind of cottonseed oil with good clarity, colour, and taste (also attributive).

A volatile terpene, C10H16, obtained from olibanum.

A liquid terpene, C10H16, that is the main constituent of the volatile oil of jaborandi.

= styrol, n.

a drying oil obtained from the seeds of tung trees and used in varnishes, paints, and inks; so tung oil tree; cf. wood-oil, n.

A Brazilian timber tree, Virola bicuhyba; used attributively in becuiba nut n. the fruit of an aromatic Brazilian tree (Myristica bicuhyba) of the…

a refined oil obtained from soybeans, chiefly used in cooking and as a foodstuff; = soybean oil n. at soybean, n. compounds 2.

= tea oil n. (a).

Used elliptically for eucalyptus oil, any of many essential oils distilled from the leaves of eucalypts and used medicinally and industrially.

an acrid oil obtained from hops.

The seed of the cotton-plant, which furnishes an oil resembling olive oil, and fodder for cattle. Also attributive and in other combinations, as cotto…

an essential oil obtained from lemons.

In full palmarosa oil. A rose-scented essential oil distilled from a form of the grass Cymbopogon martini and used in soaps, perfumes, and cosmetics.

An evergreen tree, Bassia longifolia (family Sapotaceæ), a native of Southern India. illupi oil, a fixed solid oil obtained from the seeds of this…

a yellowish oil or soft cream-coloured fat obtained from the seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus, esp. H. wightiana and H. anthelminthica, and…

The oil extracted from seeds of the tung tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of inks, paints, and varnishes; = wood-oil, n. (c).

the oil obtained from niger seeds.

(a) (chiefly British) oil applied to the skin to protect it from ultraviolet rays and prevent sunburn, suntan oil; a product of this type; (b) = sun…

A vegetable ghee used in India. Also attributive.

‘the oil of common fennel containing anethol and a terpene’ (Watts).