Weapon-salve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɛpən salv/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Weapon-salve is a noun meaning (now historical) A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon, believed to heal a wound caused by that weapon.
Meaning
(now historical) A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon, believed to heal a wound caused by that weapon.
Example Sentences
One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus.
A century earlier Paracelsus had described the weapon-salve, which was prepared from a number of ingredients including the blood of the injured person.
The supreme example of a magical cure justified by the Neoplatonist belief in occult influences and sympathies was the weapon-salve, around which a fierce controversy raged in the 1630s.
Word Forms
- weapon-salves
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include muniment, ouns, oleamen, wounde, onguent, pomade.
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