Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A smearing or rubbing in or on, as of an ointment or liniment; inunction.
- noun That which is smeared or rubbed in.
- noun A thin crust of extraneous substance formed on minerals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.
- noun rare A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Act of
smearing orrubbing in or on. - noun That which is smeared or rubbed on, such as
ointment orliniment . - noun A thin
crust of someextraneous substance formed onminerals .
Etymologies
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Latin illinire, illinere, to besmear; prefix il- in, on + linire, linere, to smear.
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