salve's Usage Examples:

Bloodroot salve can cause serious injury if improperly used.

The thrush is represented by a number of species, one of which, the sabia (Mimus), has become the popular song-bird of Brazil through a poem written by Gonsalves Dias.

and comprises an inscribed silver salver and a travel grant of £ 2000.

Ron Evans, the Branch Chairman, received the silver salver on behalf of the Branch.

oindre, to anoint), the act of pouring, or rubbing oil, ointment or salve over or on to a person or object.

Some companies make special salves and ointments to help relieve pain and inflammation in joints and muscles.

Many people use the term black salve and drawing salve interchangeably, but the two salves perform different functions.

Using salves to treat boils is a time-tested natural cure.

Some parents routinely apply a thin layer of A ' D ointment, petroleum jelly, or a mentholated salve around their children's noses at night as well as when they go outside.

Bagration, on seeing the salver, glanced around in dismay, as though seeking help.

As a general first-aid salve for cuts and scrapes or as an anti-acne or anti-aging therapy, ozonized olive oil has a place in every medicine cabinet.

Kutuzov raised his head and looked for a long while into the eyes of Count Tolstoy, who stood before him holding a silver salver on which lay a small object.

Most salves contain plant-based elements in a base of wax, honey, clay or similar agents.

Synonyms:

mentholated salve, ointment, sacramental oil, therapeutic, holy oil, wool grease, carron oil, unguent, balm, lip balm, mercurial ointment, zinc ointment, chrisom, unction, baby oil, curative, cure, lanolin, chrism, arnica, cerate, wool fat, balsam, remedy,

Antonyms:

act, sell, lose, waste, take away,