Nard vs. Oil — What's the Difference?

See spikenard.

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally "fat loving"). Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and surface active.

Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.

A viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.

A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.

Oil paint

(Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.

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A testicle.

Lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil

An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

Supply with oil as fuel

An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.

Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, or synthetic substances or animal or vegetable fats that are generally slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water, and used in a great variety of products, especially lubricants and fuels.

A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.

Petroleum.

An aromatic ointment used in antiquity

A petroleum derivative, such as a machine oil or lubricant.

A protective or cosmetic liquid applied to the skin or hair.

Oil paint.

A painting done in oil paint.

To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil.

Liquid fat.

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

Petroleum

(countable) An oil painting.

(painting) Oil paint.

(attributive) Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.

(transitive) To lubricate with oil.

(transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.

Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

Oil paint used by an artist

Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

Cover with oil, as if by rubbing;

Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing