Lubricator

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  • noun. One that lubricates, especially a lubricant.
  • noun. A device for applying a lubricant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which lubricates.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, lubricates.
  • noun. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.
  • noun. A person employed to lubricate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
  • Word Usage
    "The "lubricator" now being used on nearly all the railroad engines in the United States was invented by a colored man, Mr.E. McCoy, of Detroit, Michigan."
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