Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A smearing or rubbing in or on, as of an ointment or liniment; inunction.
  • noun That which is smeared or rubbed in.
  • noun A thin crust of extraneous substance formed on minerals.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.
  • noun rare A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Act of smearing or rubbing in or on.
  • noun That which is smeared or rubbed on, such as ointment or liniment.
  • noun A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin illinire, illinere, to besmear; prefix il- in, on + linire, linere, to smear.

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