"Embalm" is a word in ENGLISH
To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve
from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill
or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may
resist putrefaction.
To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to
perpetuate in remembrance.
To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.
I discovered news of old horrors in old books; read intelligence of old atrocities in old periodicals; always in the back of my mind, every day a bit louder, I heard the seashell drone of some growing, coalescing force; I seemed to smell the bitter ozone aroma of lightings-to-come.
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Any fragrant ointment.
Read the complete definitionTo anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.
Read the complete definitionThe resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
Read the complete definitionAn aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
Read the complete definitionAnything that heals or that mitigates pain.
Read the complete definitionProducing balm.
Read the complete definitionHaving the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
Read the complete definitionbálsamo - (Sp. balsamo) Balsam, balm.
Read the complete definitionbalsamu n ointment for the muscles of the type sold through SE Asia under the brand Tiger Balm.
Read the complete definitionOlive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of …
Read the complete definitionA genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).
Read the complete definitionThe old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under …
Read the complete definitionA North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.
Read the complete definitionAny tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
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