"weapon-salve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛpən salv/ [UK] Forms: weapon-salves [plural], weapon salve [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} weapon-salve (plural weapon-salves)
  1. (now historical) A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon in order to heal a wound caused by that weapon. Tags: historical Related terms: hoplochrism, powder of sympathy Translations (A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon in order to heal a wound caused by that weapon): onguent armaire [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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