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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
O’leum Adde Camino.
 
To pour oil on fire; to aggravate a wound under pretence of healing it. (Horace: Satires, ii. 3, 321.)   1
 


 Oldest NationOlib’rius (An). 

 
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