A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.
Cowper.
☞ An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unguent
UN'GUENT
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Noun.
[L. unguentum, from ungo, to anoint.]
Ointment; a soft composition used as a topical remedy, as for sores, burns and the like. An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.