oillessadj.
/ˈɔɪlləs/, U.S. /ˈɔɪ(l)ləs/ Without oil; containing no oil; not lubricated or requiring to be lubricated with oil.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > of the nature of oil > without oil
oilless1638
unoily1675
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xviii. 24 in Paraphr. Divine Poems The Wicked shall be compassed about With Darkenesse: and his oylelesse Lamp flye-out.
a1787 J. Brown Sel. Remains (1807) 299 You content yourselves with an oilless lamp of a bare profession.
1841 Ladies' Repository Apr. 107/2 Few fires Were burning on the altar of the Lord, And they but dimly, till like oil-less lamps, Their beam expired and left the world in night.
1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 153 The dissonant wail of an oilless door.
1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 997 Graphited oilless bushes are freely used.
1972 H. Osborne Pay-day i. 19 Panjeh had always been a poor relation on the Coast, an oil-less sheikhdom.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 230 Dry roast the coriander, caraway and cumin in a hot oil-less heavy-based frying pan.
Derivatives
ˈoillessness n. rare oilless condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > not
oillessness1866
1866 J. E. H. Skinner After Storm II. 226 Those who burnt their fingers at the game [in oil shares] quickly vanished into outer oillessness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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