Definition of "oil-bottle" [oil-bottle]

• The egg of a shark as it lies in the oviduct. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "She nodded, white kerchief bobbing over her oil-bottle and rag."
• "DEAR MR. EDITOR, -- A London carpenter whom I know for a long time constantly found the oil-bottle attached to his lathe emptied of its contents."
• "Look at Georgy's priest dangling from one button, his oil-bottle from another, his weighing machine from another."