ppl. a. (lit. and fig.).
1740. Somerville, Hobbinol, II. 34. The well-oil’d Champion shone.
1820. W. Irving, Sketch Bk. (1821), I. 54. Rip Van Winkle … was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy.
1847. Tennyson, Princess, III. 117. Sir, I was courteous, every phrase well-oil’d, As man’s could be.
1897. Outing, XXIX. 536/1. Since then she [the gun] has slumbered in well-oiled security.
