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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ointment \Oint"ment\, noun [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr. F. oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a[~n]j, and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E. word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. {Anoint}, {Unguent}.] That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ointment
noun
1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: {unction}, {unguent}, {balm}, {salve}]
2: toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin [syn: {cream}, {emollient}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "ointment": balm, balsam, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, brilliantine, bucks, cabbage, cerate, chips, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, dinero, dough, dressing, embrocation, emollient, extreme unction, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream, gelt, gilt, grease, green, green stuff, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, jack, kale, lanolin, last rites, lenitive, liniment, lotion, mazuma, moolah, mopus, nard, oil, oil of palms, oof, ooftish, petrolatum, pomade, pomatum, rhino, rocks, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, salve, shekels, simoleons, soothing syrup, spikenard, spondulics, sugar, the needful, tin, unction, unguent, unguentum, viaticum, vulnerary, wampum
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ointment Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
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