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unctuositas

unctuositas [unctuosus+-tas] 1 quality of being suitable for application by smearing, greasiness, oiliness, viscosity. quando unda arenae illidetur, congregabit arena viscositatem [v. l. ~atem] spumae Alf. Angl. Plant. II 1; ~as que est nutrimentum ignis Quaest. Salern. B 89; signa composicionis ethice cum putrida sunt ~as in urina et egestione Gad. 22. 1; ~as sanguinis per temperatam decoctionem coagulatur et dealbata in sepum et pinguedinem transmutatur Bart. Angl. IV 7; omnia sunt in ~ate corporis fermentabilia, commixta, et inseparabiliter illi unita per minimas sui partes Ripley 150. 2 application (of substance) by smearing, anointing. quid dissonat post ~atem sancti chrismatis quod unctus alliget sibi peplum Netter DAF II f. 191a B.

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