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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

oil
     n 1: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not
          miscible with water
     2: oil paint used by an artist [syn: oil color]
     v 1: cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
     2: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious
        ceremony of blessing [syn: anoint, inunct, anele, embrocate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
   1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites
      moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is
      used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut (

   candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses.

   2. The tree itself.
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, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale
   oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral
   origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used
   for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication,
   illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
   consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

   Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
         Petroleum. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
         essential oils (see under Essential), and natural
         oils which in general resemble the animal oils and
         fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
         fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
         large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
         oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
         olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
         the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
         Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
         stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
         and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
         leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.

   Animal oil, Bone oil, Dipple's oil, etc. (Old Chem.), a
      complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
      substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone.

   Drying oils, Essential oils. (Chem.) See under Drying,
      and Essential.

   Ethereal oil of wine, Heavy oil of wine. (Chem.) See
      under Ethereal.

   Fixed oil. (Chem.) See under Fixed.

   Oil bag (Zo["o]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
      containing oil.

   Oil beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the genus Meloe and
      allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
      the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
      vesicating properties, and are used instead of
      cantharides.

   Oil box, or Oil cellar (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir,
      for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath
      the journal of a railway-car axle.

   Oil cake. See under Cake.

   Oil cock, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See Oil
      cup.

   Oil color.
   (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
   (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
Oil \Oil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Oiling.]
   To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to
   anoint with oil.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

OIL

   1. ["The Architecture of the FAIM-1 Symbolic Multiprocessing
   System", A.  Davis et al, 9th Intl Joint Conf in Artif Intell,
   1985, pp.32-38].

   2. Operator Identification Language.  Used for overloading
   resolution by the Eli compiler-writing system.

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

OIL
        Operator Identification Language (ELI)

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary 

Oil
   Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was
   used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex.
   29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some
   of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but
   was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the
   jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (Ex. 25:6;
   27:20; Matt. 25:3); for medicinal purposes (Isa. 1:6; Luke
   10:34; James 5:14); and for anointing the dead (Matt. 26:12;
   Luke 23:56).
   
     It was one of the most valuable products of the country (Deut.
   32:13; Ezek. 16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce
   with Tyre (27:17).
   
     The use of it was a sign of gladness (Ps. 92:10; Isa. 61:3),
   and its omission a token of sorrow (2 Sam. 14:2; Matt. 6:17). It
   was very abundant in Galilee. (See OLIVE.)