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inunction|ɪˈnʌŋkʃən|
Also 6 en-.
[ad. L. inunction-em, n. of action f. inunguĕre: see prec.]
1. The action of anointing; smearing with, or rubbing in of, oil or ointment.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. v. iii. i. (1676) 248/2 Fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments, prescribed for the head. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. x. 211 Quicksilver, which by inunction may be made as well to salivate, as if it were swallowed down. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 176 Celsus recommends..bathing, with or without inunction with oil. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 392 The advantage claimed for inunction is that the digestion is less apt to be disturbed than when the drug is exhibited by the mouth. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 315 Mercurial inunction was ordered.
b. The anointing with oil in consecration and other religious rites. Cf. unction. Obs. or arch.
1483Wardr. Acc. in Antiq. Rep. (1807) I. 38 A coyfe to be put on the Kyngs heede after his inunction. 1509in Maskell Mon. Rit. III. 73 note, For the consecration, envnction, and coronation of the seid moost excellent Prince Henry. 1537Inst. Chr. Man 1 b, They dyd call it..extreme unction, bycause it is the last in respecte of the other inunctions whiche be ministred. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 145 Upon some small gift or oblation at the Baptisme, Inunction and Burial. 1686W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. 247 The Sacred Inunction of King Francis the First..by this Pope Leo the Tenth.
2. concr. An ointment, liniment, or unguent.
1601Holland Pliny xx. xiii. II. 58 Many haue vsed an inunction thereof [Rue] to their eies.
3. attrib.
1898Q. Rev. July 6 He proceeded to Aachen to be present at the inunction and coronation ceremony. 1899J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. X. 137 On each occasion the inunction treatment had promptly cleared away all symptoms. |