oil of olives

noun

Olive oil.

OriginMiddle English oile of olyvys →
First used 14th c.
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Meanings

nounoil of olives (uncountable)

alternative oil of olive

  1. archaicuncountableOlive oil.First known use 14th c.

    Common Oil of Olives, is pressed out of ripe olives, not out of the stones.

    1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician
    1 more example

    Oil of olives.—The province of Suse produces great abundance of this oil.

    1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VIII

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
olive oil

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoile of olyvys
  2. Englishoil of olives

From Middle English oile of olyvys.

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