oiled silk

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oiled silk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  oiled \oiled\ (oild), a.
     1. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in,
        oil.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
        [PJC]
  
     Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
        boiled oil.
  
     well oiled,
        (a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
        (b) very drink. [slang]
            [1913 Webster +PJC]