Ointment \Oint"ment\, n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr. F.
oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a[~n]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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ointment
n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: unction, unguent, balm, salve]
2: toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling
cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when
applied to the skin [syn: cream, emollient]
WordNet (r) 2.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "ointment":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Ointment
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).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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