Word Meanings - EYESALVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Ointment for the eye.

OINTMENT
That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent. (more info) anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a, and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E. word is due to the
PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment.
ANOINTMENT
The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton.
APPOINTMENT
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
DISAPPOINTMENT
1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment
REAPPOINTMENT
The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
FOREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.
NONAPPOINTMENT
Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.