oiled
adjective B2- Covered in, or supplied with, oil. · an oiled machine· a person's oiled body
- Drunk. Usually in conjunction with an adverb of degree. · I got well oiled last night.
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So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful.
“They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I am well oiled I shall soon be all right again.
So she oiled it, and as it was quite badly rusted the Scarecrow took hold of the tin head and moved it gently from side to side until it worked freely, and then the man could turn it himself.
And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.
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