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Definition of Oilstove
1. Noun. Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilstove
Literary usage of Oilstove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"A boat is a large round thing capable of carrying six grown persons, twelve
children, four hampers, and an oilstove, besides the waterman who propels it. ..."
2. Automobile Driving Self-taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation by Thomas Herbert Russell (1909)
"It is not advisable to use a coal fire or oilstove inside the house on account
of the flame. A very high temperature is not desirable ; provided it is well ..."
3. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"Water is placed in the varnish can, and a gas burner, an oilstove, or a blowtorch,
furnishes the heat which converts it into steam. ..."
4. Working With the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up from Slavery," Covering the by Booker T. Washington (1904)
"... in his shop for a bedroom, and with an oilstove cooked his own meals In this
way he saved up $50, but lost it in the failure of the bank of Eufaula. ..."
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