Medicinal ointment for the eyes. Also figurative and in figurative contexts (frequently with allusion to Revelation 3:18; see quot. 1526).

Originally, the name of a kind of ointment composed of vegetable juices; now a common name for lead-plaster, emplastrum plumbi, an adhesive plaster…

An ointment containing buds of the black poplar (Populus nigra) and other herbs, used to relieve pain, inflammation, and itching.

Some product of the euphorbia.

A kind of ointment, used esp. to treat pain in the joints.

A medicinal ointment for the sinews.

Name given to several ointments supposed to possess ‘sovereign’ virtues.

an ointment made from gelatin or animal fat; (euphemistic) dirt, filth, excrement.

an oil applied topically as a treatment for strained tendons (cf. nerval, n.).

a purifying ointment composed of twelve ingredients.

ointment containing mercury (in the form of quicksilver), used esp. in the treatment of syphilitic skin disease; cf. blue butter n.

(more fully yellow basilicon ointment) any of various ointments typically containing wax and resin, used to promote suppuration and the healing of…

(The proprietary name of) a type of skin tonic of which almond oil forms the basis.

= blue ointment n.

Holloway's pill, a patent medicine used principally for laxative purposes. Also Holloway's ointment.

Ointment that is applied to the lips to prevent or soothe soreness, dryness, and cracking. Also: a stick or tub of this. Cf. chapstick, n.

A proprietary name for: a small stick or tub of ointment that is applied to the lips to prevent or soothe soreness, dryness, and cracking. Also: the…

(a) = suint, n.; (b) = lanolin, n.

a protective cream for the skin.