Oyntment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of ointment. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Then toke Mary a pounde off oyntment called nardus / perfecte and precious / and anoynted Jeſus fete / and wept his fete with her heer / and all the houſſe ſmelled off the ſavre off the oyntment."

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"Then toke Mary a pounde off oyntment called nardus / perfecte and precious / and anoynted Jeſus fete / and wept his fete with her heer / and all the houſſe ſmelled off the ſavre off the oyntment."

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