† ensalvev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To put salve upon; to anoint.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with unguent
smearc825
enoil1340
anointa1375
ointa1382
balm1398
nointa1400
ensalvec1485
strake1506
grimec1580
inungate1599
inunct1623
unguent1656
illite1657
lubricate1791
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 916 I haue bought here oyntmentes..To ensalue his body.
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v.c1485- not to know a b from a battledore
- not to know a b from a bull's foot
- not to know a hawk from a handsaw
- not to know a person from adam's
- not to know a person from adam's off-ox
- not to know a person from adam's offox
- not to know a word of
- not to know any better
- not to know any different
- not to know beans
- not to know boo
- not to know different
- not to know from a bar of soap
- not to know from adam
- not to know from adam's
- not to know from adam's off-ox
- not to know from adam's offox
- not to know from eve
- not to know from nothing
- not to know from shinola
- not to know from shit
- not to know jack
- not to know one is born
- not to know one's arse from a hole in the ground
- not to know one's arse from one's elbow