old-oil

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English

Noun

old-oil (uncountable)

  1. (watchmaking) olive oil after it has been purified and rendered limpid.

References

  • 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 3 p 3357.