Category:Oily

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. Bacon.

2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily Appearance.

3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "this oily rascal." Shak. His oily compliance in all alterations. Fuller. Oily grain (bot.), the sesame. -- oily palm, the oil palm.