Definition of Unguents. Meaning of Unguents. Synonyms of Unguents

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Definition of Unguents

Unguent
Unguent Un"guent (?; 277), n. [L. unguentum, from unguere, ungere, to anoint: cf. F. onguent. See Ointment, and cf. Unction, Unctuous.] A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. --Cowper. Note: An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.

Meaning of Unguents from wikipedia

- An unguent is a soothing preparation spread on wounds, burns, rashes, ab****ns or other topical injuries (i.e. damage to the skin). It is similar to...
- They contained perfumes and unguents, and the finding of so many of these vessels in tombs is due to the use of unguents at funeral ceremonies. They are...
- (Australian sandalwood). Sandalwood oil is used in perfumes, cosmetics, sacred unguents, and as a mild food flavouring. Sandalwood oil contains more than 90% sesquiterpenic...
- appoints for Niyoga and provide for the necessary ex-penses for food, unguents, etc. herself i.e. from the estate of her husband. The Niyoga has been...
- bucketsful" of unguents had been poured over the mummy, which was a source of humidity within the closed coffins. Additionally, the unguents had undergone...
- revelry they had 'enjo****'.[page needed] anointing themselves with certain unguents...they are carried by night through the air to distant lands to do certain...
- Patroclus in order to preserve it. Ambrosia and nectar are depicted as unguents (xiv. 170; xix. 38). In the Odyssey, Calypso is described as having "spread...
- with unguents, or because their removal from their original coffins prevented the unguents from soaking through the wrappings. The solidified unguents glued...
- petition, supplicate, beseech; for Egyptian language nḥ-t, nḥḥ-t, oil, unguent, equivalent of Coptic language, "ⲛⲉϩ"; 3. for nḥḥ, eternity, or ever and...
- as a splint for a broken limb. The term was also used for a casket for unguents, and hence as the title of a number of medical works. Use for the architectural...