he paints in oils

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• Drying oils — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Essential oils — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• essential oils — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• natural oils — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Volatle oils — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Glidden (paints) — The Glidden Company was a Cleveland based company founded in 1875 by Francis Harrington Glidden, Levi Rackett and Thomas Bolles, initially as a varnish making business, which later diversified into the production of chemicals and foodstuffs.… …   Wikipedia

• oil — [[t]ɔ͟ɪl[/t]] ♦ oils, oiling, oiled 1) N MASS Oil is a smooth, thick liquid that is used as a fuel and for making the parts of machines move smoothly. Oil is found underground. The company buys and sells about 600,000 barrels of oil a day. ...the …   English dictionary

• oil — oil1 W2S3 [ɔıl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fuel)¦ 2¦(natural substance under the ground)¦ 3¦(liquid from plants)¦ 4¦(paint)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: oile, from Latin oleum olive oil , from Greek elaia olive ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• oil — 1 /OIl/ noun 1 (U) a smooth thick mineral liquid that is burned to produce heat, or used to make machines run easily: Check the oil level in your car every week. | oil burning/oil fired: oil fired central heating 2 (U) the thick, dark liquid from …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English