liniment
(ˈlɪnɪmənt)
Also 5 lynyment, (7 leniment).
[ad. L. linīment-um, f. linīre to smear, anoint. Cf. F. liniment.]
† 1. Something used for smearing or anointing.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 440 In lynyment ffor tonnes best doth askis of sarment. 1691 Ray Creation i. (1692) 139 The Bird..compressing the Glandules, squeezes out and brings away therewith an oily Pap or Liniment, most fit and proper for the inunction of the Feathers. |
2. An embrocation, usually made with oil.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg., Interpr. straunge Wordes, Liniment is an oyntment. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 252 The Artificial Liniment of Doctor Levinus Lemnius for a comely Beard. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies, Questman 127 Leniments, emplasters and unctions. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Anemone, Anemones..boiled in old Wine, and apply'd in the Form of a Liniment. 1829 Lytton Disowned 19 Bossolton urged the application of liniments and bandages. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 237 Liniment of Verdigris was formerly an article of the Pharmacopœia. |