Definition of "oil-engine" [oil-engine]

• An internal-combustion engine in which the fuel is derived from oil, usually a derivative from petroleum, injected as a mist or spray mixed with air. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And then by a stroke of luck the membrane Filmer had invented for his contractile balloon was discovered to be useful for the valves of a new oil-engine, and he obtained the means for making a trial model of his invention."
• "But where current cannot be had from an electricity-supply undertaking, and it is a question, in the event of electric lighting being adopted, of generating current by driving a dynamo, either by means of a gas-engine supplied from public gas-mains, by means of a special boiler installation, or by means of an oil-engine or of a power gas-plant and gas-engine, the claims of acetylene to preference are very strong."
• "An employer pleading for an applicant before the Egham Tribunal stated that he had an oil-engine which nobody else would go near."