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† weapon-salve Obs.
[Cf. G. waffensalbe.]
An ointment superstitiously believed to heal a wound by sympathetic agency when applied to the weapon by which the wound was made.
1631W. Foster (title), Hoplocrisma-Spongus; or, A Sponge to wipe away the Weapon-Salve..wherein is proved, that the Cure late-taken up amongst us, by applying the Salve to the Weapon, is Magicall and unlawfull. 1633Hart Diet of Diseased iii. xxx. 373 Cures..supposed to have been performed by the weapon-salve. a1646J. Gregory Posthuma, Serm. etc. (1649) 63 The Principal Ingredient of the weapon-Salv, is the Moss of a dead Man's-skul. 1670Dryden Tempest v. i, Anoint the Sword which pierc'd him with this Weapon-Salve, and wrap it close from air till I have time to visit him again. 1830Scott Demonol. vi. 191 The effects of healing by the weapon-salve.
fig.1659Stillingfl. (title), Irenicum. A Weapon-salve for the Churches Wounds. 1679Alsop Melius Inq. Pref., The Title raised me on tip-toes to see..that famous Weapon-salve which might consolidate the Churches bleeding wounds. |