oil-fired
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oil-fired
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- Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat. In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say 15 per cent, to heating the train. Diesels have at the moment separate oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab unlimited power for heating which does not affect their punc
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adj burning oil as a fuel
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Talk about this word "oil-fired." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oil-fired. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oil-fired. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oil-fired "oil-fired." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oil-fired.
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@misc{oil_fired_2026,
title = {oil-fired},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oil-fired},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
