BALM
\bˈɑːm], \bˈɑːm], \b_ˈɑː_m]\
Definitions of BALM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
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Any fragrant ointment.
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Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
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To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.
By Oddity Software
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The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
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Any fragrant ointment.
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Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
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To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.
By Noah Webster.
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An oily, gummy substance used for healing or soothing; balsam; anything which heals or soothes pain; a healing ointment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An aromatic plant: a fragrant and healing ointment obtained from such a plant: anything that heals or soothes pain.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Melissa- b. Apple, Momordica balsamina-b. Bastard, Melitis Melissophyllum-b. of Gilead, Solomon's, see Tinctura cardamomi- b. of Gilead, Poplar, Populus candicans-b. of Gilead tree, Dracocephalum Canariense-b. Indian, Trillium latifolium-b. Mountain, Monarda coccinea-b. Red, Monarda coccinea-b. Scarlet rose, Monarda coccinea-b. Stinking, Hedeoma.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Melissa officinalis.
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See balsam.
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Any costly, highly aromatic, or healing ointment.
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An anodyne or soothing drug.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Greek] A kind of aromatic plant ;-the resinous and odoriferous sap of certain trees ;-any fragrant or valuable ointment ;-any thing which heals, or mitigates pain. Balm of Gilead, a plant of the terebinthine family , and the balsam obtained from it.
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