inunct, v. rare.
(ɪˈnʌŋkt)
[f. L. inunct-, ppl. stem of inunguĕre, f. in- (in-2) + unguĕre to smear, anoint.]
trans. To anoint; to besmear (arrows) with poison; to anoint with ointment.
| 1513 Douglas æneis ix. xii. 106 To graith and til invnct a castyng dart, And with vennom to garnys the steil hedis. Ibid. x. iii. 47 Thow Ismarus..eik thar mycht men the se, Invnctand venemus schaftis. 1623 Cockeram, Inuncted, anoynted. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 76 The patients..were compelled to inunct themselves in a most thorough manner. |