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- noun rare The
superstitious practice of applying asalve ,ointment , orchrism to aweapon that has caused aninjury — rather than to the injury itself — in thebelief that doing so willheal thewound that the weapon caused; weapon salve.
Etymologies
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Formed as hopl- (“weapon”) + -o- + chrism ("consecrated oil mingled with balm”, “unguent"); equivalent to the Ancient Greek ὅπλον (hoplon, "weapon") + χρῖσμα (khrisma, "salve").
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