0 a thick substance, usually with a pleasant smell, used to treat skin problems or make the skin soft: --
She smelled powerfully of bath salts and unguents.
These vessels are characterised by relatively thick walls, bright colours and zigzagging patterns of contrasting colours, and were limited in size to small unguent or scent containers.
Macassar oil was an unguent for the hair commonly used in the early 19th century.
It is clear, brothers, that the woman previously used the unguent to perfume her flesh in forbidden acts.
When applied in the form of a powder, the wolf unguent would be used to cure epilepsy, plague and gout.
The bowls were either a type of unguent jar, or a toiletry kohl cosmetic vessel.
The size of drills was small-to-large, small for small unguent jars, and large for more massive, grain-storing pottery.
The same name was also given to unguents used for the same purpose, such as unguent of tutty.
The statue is anointed with red unguent, typically made of "kumkum" and sandalwood paste.
