Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OINT
OINT, v.t. [Fr. oindre, oint; Sp. and Port. untar. The French oindre is formed from the L. ungo, like joindre from jungo.]
To anoint; to smear with an unctuous substance. They oint their naked limbs with mother'd oil. Dryden.
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