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oiled

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Covered in, or supplied with, oil.

    an oiled machine

    a person's oiled body

  2. Drunk. Usually in conjunction with an adverb of degree.

    I got well oiled last night.

    It appeared that, being in his own words still considerably "oiled" on his arrival, Bowles's parson had received him into his house with strong disfavour, and, what was worse, put him through a species of inquisition regarding the condition of his soul that had, to again quote Cripps, "nearly sent him mad."

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of oil