Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In constructive mechanics, noting a degree of tightness in joints, etc., that will prevent oil from flowing through between the juxtaposed surfaces.
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Examples
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There is no need to stop driving your van, but stop washing it: make sure that it is oil-tight and that used oil is burnt rather than poured away as half the spilled oil on the ocean comes down the sewers.
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Sealed oil-tight by just their careful craftsmanship and the security of these bolts.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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The ANC makes a special appeal to all oil-producing States to join in the embargo already imposed by OAPEC (5) and OPEC (6) members and others, and further to take effective legislative and administrative measures to ensure that their embargoes are watertight - or should I say oil-tight.
IMPOSE COMPREHENSIVE AND MANDATORY SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 1981
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The ANC makes a special appeal to all oil-producing States to join in the embargo already imposed by OAPEC52 and OPEC53 members and others, and further to take effective legislative and administrative measures to ensure that their embargoes are water-tight - or should I say oil-tight.
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Constant lubrication is needed, and to this end the cover should make an oil-tight fit with the casing, so that the bottom of the big pinion may run in oil.
Things To Make Archibald Williams
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All the wagons had been put in complete order, and the journals, fitted with oil-tight boxes, were kept well oiled.
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The cylinders and water-jackets are of steel, and there is fitted a detachable aluminium cylinder head containing inlet and exhaust valves and valve actuating mechanism; pistons are of aluminium alloy, and there are two inlet and two exhaust valves to each cylinder, the whole of the valve mechanism being enclosed in an oil-tight aluminium case.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Now fully oil-tight, she'll be in action next year and although her calendar is hazy at the moment, we'll let you know where you can see this incredible car.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Automobile Oil Temperature Monitor (includes supply of flexible, heat-resistant oil-tight enclosures)
Slashdot: Apple 2009
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By the 1960s, small, reliable, oil-tight Japanese machines were gaining momentum.
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