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Oil-fired

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat. not-comparable

    "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 punctuality."

Adjective
  1. 1
    fueled by burning oil wordnet

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