Definition of Oilway

1. a channel for the passage of oil [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilway

oilrigs
oils
oilsand
oilsands
oilseed
oilseed cake
oilseed rape
oilseeds
oilskin
oilskins
oilsmoke
oilstone
oilstones
oilstove
oiltight
oilway (current term)
oilways
oilwell
oilwells
oily
oily bitterling
oily bitterlings
oily granuloma
oily rag
oily rags
oinement
oinements
oink
oinked
oinker

Literary usage of Oilway

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

1. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American (1900)
"Also have good results from oilway cast in crown or outside of bearing, with oil holes drilled through brass and box at an angle of thirty degrees from ..."

2. Engine-room Practice: A Handbook for the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine by John G. Liversidge (1906)
"This accident will involve the opening up of the bearing to clear the oilway when the ship reaches port, and may result in a hot bearing due to insufficient ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... centrally by a tube which reaches to within a small distance of the lid of the cup inside, and projects into the oilway leading to the journal outside. ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... Tit Doctor, ch. xxiv. oilway, a hole made for the purpose of receiving oil to lubricate hinges, &c. ..."

5. The Law Times (1877)
"... in an action for personal injuries against» oilway company might mean either that plaintiff was not in the accident at all ; that he ww in the ..."

6. The Theory and Practice of Ore Dressing by Edward Saxton Wiard (1915)
"It is true that the oilway in the Sturtevant bearing does not extend entirely through the bearing, but the tendency of the shaft to chatter will cause wear ..."

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