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a.
Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
n.
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
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A soft ointment prepared from oil.
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Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.
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The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
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A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.
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A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
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An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds.
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An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.
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That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
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The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.
v. t.
To anoint.
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Ointment.
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That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
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A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.
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A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.
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A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves.
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To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
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