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Oiler   Listen
noun
Oiler  n.  
1.
One who deals in oils.
2.
One who, or that which, oils.
3.
An oil tanker.
4.
A ship which is powered by oil.
5.
An oilcan.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Oiler" Quotes from Famous Books



... human ingenuity—Mr. Buchanan says so," squealed the high-pressure cylinder. "This is simply ridiculous!" The piston went up savagely, and choked, for half the steam behind it was mixed with dirty water. "Help! Oiler! Fitter! Stoker! Help I'm choking," it gasped. "Never in the history of maritime invention has such a calamity over-taken one so young and strong. And if I go, who's to ...
— The Day's Work, Volume 1 • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Oiler" :   stripper well, spouter, worker, oil tanker, tanker, supertanker, cargo vessel, well, stripper, wildcat well, oil, tank ship, wildcat, cargo ship


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