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Meanings of unoiled in English

In need of oil treatment.

Unoiled.

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Usage of unoiled in English
1
It shuddered open with a squeal and a rasp of unoiled hinges.
Phantoms
2
Something moved deep inside, like rusty chains unraveling, unoiled hinges creaking, rock cracking.
The Water Witch
3
She heard the latch of the door release, then the creak of unoiled hinges.
The blackstone chronicles
4
This door was not locked, but opened with a squeal of ancient, unoiled hinges.
The Hyperion Cantos
5
Hurwood looked up, and produced a laugh like the last clatter of unoiled machinery.
On Stranger Tides
6
Her joints were moving badly, all unoiled hydraulics.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
7
The inner door creaked on its unoiled hinge, a hideously penetrating noise in this freezing air.
Pack animals
8
He lay very quiet-comatose ,drugged ,hiseyes wide, his mind clicking wildly like an unoiled machine.
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
9
Turn at once into an unoiled pan.
School and Home Cooking
10
She pushed at the crash bar and the fire door swung open with a squeal of unoiled hinges.
Pack animals
11
The gun motors with unoiled imprecision.
Iron Council
12
The Whitehall twins play in their backyard and the squeaky sound of their unoiled swings echoes through the neighbourhood.
Wastelands
13
He felt for faulty input, for broken teeth or stiff, unoiled moving parts that would corrupt or block his programmes.
Perdido Street Station
14
On the road a tractor was jolting along- Icouldhear its driver shout and the screech of its unoiled axle.
Mr. Standfast
15
The holder had been there when we moved in; it was rusty and squealed like unoiled brakes with each turn.
Another life altogether: a novel
16
I pulled the left wing back; it creaked on unoiled hinges, then bent and folded not quite flush against the wall.
Naomi’s Room
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Unoiled through the time