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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greasy \Greas"y\, a. [Compar. {Greasier}; superl. {Greasiest}.]
     1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous;
        as, a greasy dish.
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     2. Smeared or defiled with grease.


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              With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. --Shak.
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     3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the
        touch, as is mineral soapstone.
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     4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] --Shak.
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     5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] --Marston.
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     6. (Far.) Affected with the disease called {grease}; as, the
        heels of a horse. See {Grease}, n., 2.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  greasy
       adj 1: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy
              hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
              [syn: {oily}, {sebaceous}, {oleaginous}]
       2: smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls";
          "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: {oily}]
       [also: {greasiest}, {greasier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "greasy":
     adipose, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory,
     fat, fatty, fawning, glib, greased, lardaceous, lardy, lubric,
     lubricated, lubricious, mucoid, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
     rich, sebaceous, sleek, slick, sliddery, slipper, slippery, slippy,
     slithery, smarmy, smooth, soaped, soapy, suety, sycophantic,
     tallowy, toadying, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
     waxy
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Greasy, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    387
     Housing Units (2000): 146
     Land area (2000):     20.337796 sq. miles (52.674647 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.079111 sq. miles (0.204896 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    20.416907 sq. miles (52.879543 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            31165
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.678115 N, 94.721152 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Greasy, OK
      Greasy
  

















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