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oil-lit

oil-lit adjective: illuminated by burning oil.

Adjective

oil-lit (not comparable)

  1. Illuminated by burning oil.
    • ... Col. McMullen reveals that London Transport has developed a portable battery-operated flashing tail lamp which is to undergo trials on the Northern City Line; it will, it is hoped, replace the remaining oil-lit tail lamps on L.T. trains.1963 August, “News and Comment: Training in "stop-and-proceed"”, in Modern Railways, page 86

Questions about oil-lit

What does oil-lit mean?
Oil-lit means illuminated by burning oil.
What part of speech is oil-lit?
Oil-lit is an adjective.

Words near oil-lit in the dictionary

  1. oil-canning
  2. oil-digger
  3. oil-down
  4. oil-downs
  5. oil-fired
  6. oil-lit
  7. oil-patch
  8. oil-patches
  9. oil-rich
  10. oil-seed camellia
  11. oil-seed camellias

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