Definition of "oil-press" [oil-press]

• A machine for expressing vegetable and essential oils from seeds, nuts, fruits, etc. It is commonly of a very simple type, and operated by a screw or hydraulic press. See cut on following page. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "CORBETT, S. (1981) A new peanut oil-press machine fails to improve older methods."
• ""Gethsemane" means "oil-press," and olive trees long ago gave Olivet its name."
• "To each was affliction sent for the profit of his soul, as is the flail to the grain, the furnace to the gold, the file to the iron, the wine-press to the grape, and the oil-press to the olive."