| 单词 | balm of mecca |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbalm of Mecca (a) Also balm of Mecca. A gold-coloured oleo-resin exuded from the tree Balsamodendron Gileadense, or perhaps B. Opobalsamum, formerly much esteemed as an antiseptic and vulnerary. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > balsam > specific opobalsamuma1398 opobalsam1526 Samaritan's balsam1640 Peruvian balsam1666 balsam of Tolu1671 tolu balsam1671 true balsam1671 balsam of saturn1694 balm of Mecca1717 balsam of Mecca1721 friar's balsam1753 Canada balsam1754 balsam of Peru1771 Riga balsam1793 balsam of Acouchi1830 solid balsam1836 Sonsonate1852 Balm of Gilead- 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxvii. E Ismaelites commynge from Gilead, with..spyces, balme [ Wycl. swete gumme, Purvey rosyn], and myrre [‘cōmynge’ in text]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. viii. 22 Is there no balme [ Wyclif, gumme, resyn; Coverdale, triacle] at Gilead? is there no Physition there? a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 85 This Oyl they take inwardly..preferring it before Balm of Gilead. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 368 As to the Balm of Meccha, I will certainly send you some. < as lemmas |
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