oyl
See also: -oyl
English
Noun
oyl
- Obsolete spelling of oil
- 1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, 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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Related terms
- oyly
Anagrams
- 'oly, Loy, loy, lyo-
Cornish
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɔɪl]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ɔɪl]
Noun
oyl m (plural oylys)
- oil
References
- Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
- 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.142)
Middle English
Noun
oyl
- Alternative form of oyle