† uncture Obs.
[a. OF. uncture (ungture, ointure), or ad. L. unctūra, f. unct-, ung(u)ĕre. So Sp. and Pg. untura.]
Ointment.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 41 For þys vncture ratefieþ & efenyþ þo placys by whom akþe goth to þe brayn. Ibid. 103 Þenne y dede efte sonys þe same medycine & þe same vncture. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 128 For sheep yshorn make vncture of lupynys. |