Definition of Oil stain

1. Noun. A stain produced by oil.

Generic synonyms: Discoloration, Discolouration, Stain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Stain

oil pressure
oil production
oil pump
oil red O
oil refinery
oil refining
oil retention enema
oil rig
oil rigger
oil rigs
oil sand
oil sands
oil shale
oil slick
oil spot
oil stain (current term)
oil stove
oil stoves
oil sugar
oil tanker
oil trash
oil tumour
oil tycoon
oil up
oil vaccine
oil well
oil wells
oilbird
oilbirds
oilcake

Literary usage of Oil stain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"oil stain.—oil stain is not necessarily a stain in which the vehicle is entirely oil. It may contain oil only as a binder, or may be composed wholly of ..."

2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1915)
"If, when a woman sees the portion of a floor to which her husband has applied a walnut oil stain from a can of that substance suddenly burst into flame, ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1915)
"If, when a woman sees the portion of a floor to which her husband has applied a walnut oil stain from a can of that substance suddenly burst into flame, ..."

4. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"... has one coat of oil stain and one coat of sbe!ia._ 7> plaster walls below the chair rail ... oil stain ..."

5. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"FORMULA: FUMED OAK oil stain (A). Oil Oak Stain No. ... FUMED OAK oil stain. For Printed Woods. FORMULA: Burnt Umber ground in oil 1 pound ..."

6. 739 Paint Questions Answered: A Reference Encyclopedia Answering Knotty by National painters magazine (1904)
"... know, that a creosote stain, when well made, will answer the purpose of protecting shingles against dry rot, etc., better than a linseed oil stain, ..."

7. Playground Technique and Playcraft by Arthur Leland, Lorna Highbee Leland (1909)
"The shake walls and shingle roofs one heavy coat oil stain; canvas floor of front terrace over clinic room and all wood platforms and steps will have two ..."

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