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weapon-salve

UK/ˈwɛpən salv/

weapon-salve noun: a type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon, believed to heal a wound caused by that weapon.

Noun

weapon-salve (plural weapon-salves)

  1. (historical) A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon, believed to heal a wound caused by that weapon.
    • One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 225
    • 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.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 184

Forms of weapon-salve

pluralweapon-salves
alternative formweapon salve

Questions about weapon-salve

What does weapon-salve mean?
Weapon-salve means a type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon, believed to heal a wound caused by that weapon.
What part of speech is weapon-salve?
Weapon-salve is a noun.
How do you pronounce weapon-salve?
Weapon-salve is pronounced /ˈwɛpən salv/ (UK).
What is the plural of weapon-salve?
The plural of weapon-salve is weapon-salves.

Words near weapon-salve in the dictionary

  1. weapon
  2. weapon oath
  3. weapon oaths
  4. weapon of mass destruction
  5. weapon of mass disruption
  6. weapon-salve
  7. weapon-salves
  8. weapon-schaw
  9. weapon-schaws
  10. weaponed
  11. weaponeer

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