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unguent

[uhng-gwuhnt] / ˈʌŋ gwənt /


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Likewise, “sefet” is thought to refer to a sacred oil, but three vessels with that label contained animal fats combined with plant additives, suggesting it could be a scented unguent instead.

From Washington Post Feb. 1, 2023

The strict eating plan and unguent tone seem to be the focus of particular hatred.

From Time Magazine Archive

But she is not one to disguise expensively acquired truth under some perfumed, feminizing unguent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commentators could not help detecting one fly in the unguent, and greatly fearing another.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he goes on to report a test where the unguent was applied by a sceptical clergyman, so that there could be no suspicion of either cheating or demonic involvement.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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