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Home Dictionary Name: oil rigoil rig
A structure and associated machinery used in drilling for oil or gas it is usually in the form of a tower Called also drilling rig...
jury rigged
Rigged for temporary service done or made using whatever materials are available makeshift as the survivors used jury rigged fishing gear See Jury a...
Oil vanaspati
Oil vanaspati, vanaspati, is essentially an oil al-though it is a different kind of oil than that oil (be it rapeseed oil, cotton-seed oil, ground-nut oil, soya bean oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. The word 'oil' is not defined in the Act and therefore, its dictionary meaning may well be pressed into service for interpreting the term 'oil mill'. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966 Edn.) the word 'oil' has different connotations in different situations but in the context of item 5 aforesaid the meaning to be given to would be: Any of various substances that typically are unctuous viscous combustible liquids or solids easily liquefiable on warming and are not miscible with water but are soluble in ether, naphtha, and often alcohol and other organic solvents, that leave ...
Vanaspati and oil
Vanaspati and oil, Vanaspati, is essentially an oil although it is a different kind of oil than than oil (be it rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, ground-nut oil, soya-been oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. In other words, although certain additions have been made to and opera-tions carried out on oil, it will still be classified as oil essential characteristics have undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal H. Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1980 SC 1889 (1891): (1980) 4 SCC 329. (Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Sch. II, Item 5)...
Oil seeds
Oil seeds, the conclusion that jeera, dhania, panmohuri, methi and postak are 'oilseeds' is correct. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary (7th Edition) edited by Arthur and Elizabeth Rose, from which the following informations regarding the seeds in question were available: Dhania (coriander seed); botanical name coriandrum sativum: Coriander oil is distilled from the coriander sativum a colourless or slightly yellowish liquid having aromatic odour. Jeera (cumin seed); Cumin oil is distilled from the cumin seed and is used for medicine, flavouring and perfumery. It is a colourless or yellowish, limpid liquid having characteristic odour of cumin. Postak (poppy seed); botanical name papover somni-ferum: Poppy oil is a very pale, golden yellow liquid with pleasant taste and odour extracted from the seeds and it is used as food oil, artist's colours, varnishes and lubrication. Methi (Fenugreek); botanical name trigonella Foenum-graecum (vide p. 164, Vol. 9 of the Encyclopedia Britannica). It ...
Groundnut oil
Groundnut oil, the processing consists in the non-oily content of the raw oil being separated and removed, rendering the oily content of the oil 100 per cent. For this reason refined oil continues to be groundnut oil within the meaning of rules 5(1)(k) and 18(2) of the Madras General Sales Tax (Turnover and Assessment) Rules, 1939 notwith-standing that such oil does not possess the characteristic colour, or taste, odour, etc. of the raw groundnut oil, Tungabhadra Industries Ltd. v. Commercial Tax Officer, AIR 1961 SC 412: (1961) 2 SCR 14. [Madras General Sale Tax (Turnover and Assessment, Rules (1939), R. 18(2), s. (1) (k)]...
Cat rigged
Rigged like a catboat...
Jury rig
to rig for temporary service to construct flimsily and in makeshift fashion See Jury a...
lateen rig
the rig on a sailing vessel with a lateen sail...
lateen rigged
rigged with a triangular lateen sail...
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