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oiled silks

oiled silks is the plural of oiled silk.

Meaning of oiled silk

Noun

oiled silk (countable and uncountable, plural oiled silks)

  1. Silk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.
    • Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about oiled silks

What is oiled silks the plural of?
Oiled silks is the plural of oiled silk.

Words near oiled silks in the dictionary

  1. oildriller
  2. oildrillers
  3. oile
  4. oiled
  5. oiled silk
  6. oiled silks
  7. oiled up
  8. oiler
  9. oileries
  10. oilers
  11. oilery

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