† oleoseadj.
Obsolete.
= oleous adj.
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oleaginous?a1425
oilyc1475
oilish1547
oleous1601
oleose1675
trainy1716
oilyisha1722
1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 484 Slime, out of which they suck something oleose.
1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 837 The oleose part of the spirit of wine.
1869 Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 357/2 It is of an oleose consistence.
1876 H. Melville Clarel iii. xxv. 409 Sweet is the thigh of the honey-bee! Ruddy ever and oleose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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