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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Oil·y a. [Compar. Oilier superl. Oiliest.]
 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.
 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. “This oily rascal.”
    His oily compliance in all alterations.   --Fuller.
 Oily grain Bot., the sesame.
 Oily palm, the oil palm.
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