Definition of ointment

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Ointment (n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.

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Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession..
Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
Tryster :: Tryster (n.) One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another..
Mundificant :: Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..
Foreordination :: Foreordination (n.) Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Illinition :: Illinition (n.) A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords..
Berth :: Berth (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
Power :: Power (n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
Pompillion :: Pompillion (n.) An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds.
Exact :: Exact (a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
Preappointment :: Preappointment (n.) Previous appointment.
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