oynement

• oignement, oyment, oyniment, oynment, unement
• oinement, oynemente, oynnement, onyment, unyment (Late Middle English)
• unȝement, ungument (Early Scots)

Borrowed from Old French oignement, from oindre (“to anoint”); compare oyntement.

• IPA^(key): /ˌui̯n(ə)ˈmɛnt/, /ˈui̯n(ə)ˌmɛnt/, /-un(ə)-/
• (after unguō) IPA^(key): /ˌunɡiu̯ˈmɛnt/, /ˈunɡiu̯ˌmɛnt/

oynement (plural oynementes or oynemens)

1. An ointment, balm, or salve:
   1. A medicinal liniment or ointment.
   2. An ointment for embalming; a funereal balm.
   3. A cosmetic lotion or ointment.
   4. Anointing oil (e.g. for enthronement or extreme unction)
   5. (rare) A protective military ointment.
2. A remedy, cure, or deliverance.
3. (figuratively) Something beneficial or virtuous.

• Middle Scots: onyement, unȝement

• “oinement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.