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Thursday October 25, 2001

unguent \UNG-gwuhnt\, noun:
A salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.

As a blond nurse . . . leaned over and began to swab a stinging green unguent on the throbbing wound.
-- Lawrence Wright, God's Favorite

The window-sill was cluttered with shampoos and soaps and unguents.
-- Amit Chaudhuri, Freedom Song

Unguent comes from Latin unguentum, from unguere, "to anoint."

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