oint, v. Obs. or arch.
Forms: 4–8 oynt, 6 oynct, 6–9 oint.
[f. F. oint, 3 sing. pres. ind., or pa. pple. of oindre:—L. ung(u)ĕre to anoint.]
trans. = anoint v.
| 1375 Creation 632 in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1878) 132 Of oyle taken ȝow som del, Wherwiþ ȝe mowen oynten me wel. ? a 1400 Cursor M. 7377 (Cott.) Vn-to king oynt þou him þer [altered from Vn-to king þou sal him smer]. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 123 Beter is the frende that prikithe thanne the flatour that oyntethe. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 51 His temples with black swart poyson ar oyncted. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 683 They oint their naked Limbs with mother'd Oyl. a 1711 Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 500 To me be Water, Oyl, Fire, Wind, To cleanse, oynt, warm, and wing my Mind. 1855 Singleton Virgil II. 338 Than whom none other was more fortunate In ointing jav'lins. |
Hence ˈointed ppl. a., anointed; ˈointing vbl. n., anointing, unction (also attrib., as ointing-box, ointing-cloth, ointing-oil).
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter, Canticles 515 Þe oyntynge of þe halygast. 1382 Wyclif 2 Macc. i. 10 Of the kyn of oyntyd prestis. a 1547 Surrey æneid iv. 287 With ointed bush & beard. a 1623 Ainsworth Ps. in Farr S. P. Jas. I (1848) 76 Thou makest fat mine head with ointing oil. 1652–62 Heylin Cosmogr. ii. (1682) 192 Ointings, Washings, and the like Superstitious practices. 1697 Dryden æneid x. 208 Directing ointed arrows from afar; And death with poyson arm'd. 1855 Singleton Virgil II. 237 Along the waters slips the ointed fir. |