oil-lit

adjective

Illuminated by burning oil.

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Meanings

adjectiveoil-lit (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIlluminated by burning oil.

    ... Col. McMullen reveals that London Transport has developed a portable battery-operated flashing tail lamp which is to undergo trials on the Northern City Line; it will, it is hoped, replace the remaining oil-lit tail lamps on L.T. trains.

    1963 August, “News and Comment: Training in "stop-and-proceed"”, in Modern Railways, page 86
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Chicago

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