Meaning of OINTMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'oyntmunt
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- [n] toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- [n] semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
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| | Synonyms: | | balm, cream, emollient, salve, unction, unguent |
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| | See Also: | | arnica, baby oil, balsam, carron oil, cerate, chrism, chrisom, cold cream, curative, cure, face cream, hand cream, holy oil, lanolin, lip balm, mentholated salve, mercurial ointment, nard, remedy, sacramental oil, spikenard, sunblock, sunblocker, sunscreen, toilet article, toiletries, toiletry, vanishing cream, wool fat, wool grease, zinc ointment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oint"ment\, n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr.F.
oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a?j, and
to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E.
word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. {Anoint},
{Unguent}.]
That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used
for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing ointment in your dream means a healing process. It also implies the forming of new friendships that will prove beneficial and enjoyable. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13). |
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| | Related Terms: | | balm, balsam, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, brilliantine, bucks, cabbage, cerate, chips, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, dinero, dough, dressing, embrocation, emollient, extreme unction, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream, gelt, gilt, grease, green, green stuff, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, jack, kale, lanolin, last rites, lenitive, liniment, lotion, mazuma, moolah, mopus, nard, oil, oil of palms, oof, ooftish, petrolatum, pomade, pomatum, rhino, rocks, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, salve, shekels, simoleons, soothing syrup, spikenard, spondulics, sugar, the needful, tin, unction, unguent, unguentum, viaticum, vulnerary, wampum |
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