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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Un(c)tment, n. [Var. of Ointment n. Cf. Ungu(m)ent n.] An ointment, unguent or salve. Also fig.(a) a1500 Henr. Practysis 47.
This vntment is rycht ganand for ȝour awin vs 1533 Gau 16/18.
Thay that payntis thair body with precious clais [etc.] … or wsis ony oder vntment to prowok oders thairwith 1535–6 Treas. Acc. VI 257.
For garnesyng of ane bust for untmentis to the kingis grace(b) 1551 Hamilton Cat. 153.
Joseph of Aramathia and Nichodemus buriet his precious bodie with costly unctmentis and spices a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 121/8.
Judas (quha disdanit the spendynge of the costlye vnctment apone our saluiourfig. 1562-3 Winȝet II 64/22.
Thairfor thai strow it ouer, as it war with an odoriferous vnctment of the heuinlie word