† Enoil

v. Obs. Also 5–7 enoyle. [f. EN-¹ + OIL sb. Cf. ANOIL, ENHUILE.]

1

1. trans. To put oil upon. a. To anoint, esp. a king, etc. b. To mix with oil. Cf. ENHUILE.

2

c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 687. Half a strike Of barly mele enoyled.

3

1546. Langley, Pol. Verg. De Invent., V. iii. 100 b. Priestes and also Kynges … oughte to be enoyled.

4

1575. Turberv., Falconrie, 279. She may … enoyle hir feathers with hir beake.

5

1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., II. 93. Other kings persons … who are not annointed, are as sacred … as those who are enoyled.

6

2. transf. and fig.

7

1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 115. Thou shalt enoyle & mollifye his herte that enuyeth the.

8

1647. Sanderson, Serm. (1681), II. 216. To enoil a rotten post with a glistering varnish.

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