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ointment

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ointment
1. a fatty or oily medicated formulation applied to the skin to heal or protect
2. a similar substance used as a cosmetic


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  "An ointment for my cracked and bleeding crown.
As he spoke he drew a small case of medicines from his pocket and rubbed the neck of the hunchback with some ointment made of balsam.
Meanwhile a leech bound up his hand with ointment, promising him that he should soon have its use again.
 
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