• An unguent is a soothing preparation spread on wounds, burns, rashes, abrasions or other topical injuries (i.e. damage to the skin). It is similar to...
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    sabbati lit. 'sabbath unguent'), unguentum pharelis, unguentum populi (lit. 'poplar unguent') or unguenta somnifera (lit. 'sleeping unguent'). Francis Bacon...
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    or top, used to keep macassar oil off the uniform. Macassar oil was an unguent for the hair commonly used by men in the early 19th century and reputed...
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    during their exile, Anasuya is very attentive to them, giving the former an unguent that would maintain her beauty forever. Anasuya is composed of two Sanskrit...
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    She resides in the banyan tree. Mekhala (Love Girdle): She gives magical unguent which when smeared subjugates women. The sadhak has to go to madhuka tree...
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    Beneviento, sott'a ll'acqua e sotto ô viento, sotto â ogne maletiempo. Unguent, unguent, send me to the walnut tree of Benevento, under the water and under...
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    Magma (from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma) 'thick unguent') is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma...
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    Patroclus in order to preserve it. Ambrosia and nectar are depicted as unguents (xiv. 170; xix. 38). In the Odyssey, Calypso is described as having "spread...
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  • fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars. The size of drills was small-to-large, small for small unguent jars, and large for more massive, grain-storing...
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  • ægyptiacum, was used in pharmacy as a kind of detersive, or cleansing unguent. It is so called from its dusky hue or color, which resembles the swarthy...
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