Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. .] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol. [1913 Webster] Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See . The vegetable oils are of two classes, (see under ), and which in general resemble the animal oils and fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils. Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash. [1913 Webster] , , , etc. (Old Chem.), a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See , under . , . (Chem.) See under , and . , . (Chem.) See under . . (Chem.) See under . (Zool.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil. (Zool.), any beetle of the genus and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides. , or (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle. . See under . , a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See . . (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil. (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense. (b) a painting made from such a paint. , a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil. , a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum. , inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc. . (a) (Zool.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail. (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil. , a pale yellowish green, like oil. , empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C. , a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates. , [OE]nanthic ether. See under . . (a) The art of painting in oil colors. (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil. (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. . See . (Zool.), an East Indian herring ( ), valued for its oil. (Zool.) (a) The liver shark. (b) The tope. , a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum. , a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode. . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus ( ), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See . (c) The oil palm . , to study or work late at night. . See , under . [1913 Webster]
oil palm n 1: pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (, ; ), is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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