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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
oyl
- Obsolete spelling of oil
- 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China[1], London: John Macock, page 270:
- Near to the Iſland Hainan are caught Whales,after the ſame manner as the Hollanders and Engliſh in the North about Greenland, whereof they make Oyl which ſerves for ſeveral uſes.
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
- ...into the glands that separate the oyl abovesaid.
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Cornish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oyl m (plural oylys)
References[edit]
- Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
- Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 142
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
oyl
- Alternative form of oyle