Dict: easton - Olive

easton:

Olive @ the fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was highly valued. The best oil was from olives that were plucked before being fully ripe, and then beaten or squeezed kjv@Deuteronomy:24:20; kjv@Isaiah:17:6 kjv@Isaiah:24:13). It was called "beaten," or "fresh oil" kjv@Exodus:27:20). There were also oil-presses, in which the oil was trodden out by the feet kjv@Micah:6:15). James (3:12) calls the fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives" kjv@Judges:15:5, A.V.) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as in the Revised Version. (
See OIL.)