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oil-cup

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In machinery, a lubricator; a small vessel, of glass or metal, used to hold oil or other lubricant, which is distributed automatically to the parts of the machine to be oiled.
  • noun An oil-can or oiler.

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Examples

  • The shears, the counter, the oil-cup, the power transmission, and the motor are separately classifiable in widely separated classes.

    The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

  • He may have invented a new shearing mechanism and have chosen to show it thus elaborately in the place of use he had in mind, or he may have designed a new counter or a new oil-cup or a new power transmission, or even a new motor, and have given his invention this elaborate setting.

    The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

  • I succeeded in closing the oil-cup and got back in the cab, and made up my mind that she would pull through without oil.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • The eccentric strap had a round glass oil-cup with a brass base that screwed into the strap.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • I then had a standard made to hold another oil-cup, so as to see and regulate the drop-feed.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • I requested him to make a sheet-brass oil-cup and solder it to the base I had.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • Then I approached a station where the fireman always went out to the cowcatcher, opened the oil-cup on the steam-chest, and poured oil in.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

  • The eccentric strap had a round glass oil-cup with a brass base that screwed into the strap.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

  • I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

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