ˈoil-bag
a. A sac or gland in an animal body which secretes or contains oil. b. A bag to contain material from which oil is to be expressed. c. A bag to contain oil for any purpose.
| 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. vii. i. (1727) 334 note, In most..Birds there is only one Gland; in which are divers..Cells, ending in two or three larger Cells, lying under the Nipple of the Oil-bag. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 161 The oil-bag of the musquash, wrapped in cotton, affords a perfume, grateful to those who are fond of musk. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Oil-bag, a sack of horsehair or cocoa-nut fiber, used in pressing oleine from the stearine in a press. a 1889 in Century Mag. Mar. 710/1 [I] placed two oil⁓bags, filled with linseed oil, over the bows. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 152 Oil bag, any container that permits oil to drip out slowly to help quell the sea. |