oiled

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Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

Beachgoers should not attempt to handle oiled wildlife if discovered, said Dylan Darling, an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

Officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s office of oil spill prevention and response said Friday that, so far, one oiled bird, a grebe, had been recovered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2024

A leopard skin was draped across one shoulder, and hair as red as blood tumbled to his shoulders in oiled ringlets though his pointed beard was black.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin