They are dressed in their finest for the next life and also have two tall and sealed unguent jars in front of them. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Now, Sharpe, the fly in our unguent is the fact these royal guards are all Irish. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Battle]
Sure, someone recently offered to send me some kind of unguent to evaluate, but I declined. From Wordnik.com. [Comfy Chairs: Riding and Reading] Reference
I don't know about you guys, but I'm still having trouble with the word "salvific" It just sounds like some kind of unguent to me …. From Wordnik.com. [Knowledge is Power] Reference
But the unguent inside had a clean smell, like birches. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Abruptly the lieutenant tossed the unguent jar to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
He carried no unguent, so apparently, I had carried that point. From Wordnik.com. [Enjoyment] Reference
"Yes, if you do not apply the unguent too frequently," he replied. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates of Venus]
From her pack she recovered an unguent and spread it on her cut lip. From Wordnik.com. [Stone of Tears]
She had applied to his feet a far more precious and valuable unguent. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
She dabbed at the tick bites with unguent, but didn't accomplish much. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
Scriptures; and that the unguent, whether it was of oil, or of stacte. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
Cara wiped at the unguent on her cheek as if it were a smudge of dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
Joscelin tended to me that night, massaging unguent into the fresh weals. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
When Aheranates joined him, the lieutenant was carrying a stone unguent jar. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
The thick, pale unguent spread slowly across the curving bulk of the Drounge. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
A solitary slave now cowered in the unguent room, too frightened even to flee. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
At such a time the man should apply some unguent, so as to make the entrance easy. From Wordnik.com. [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana] Reference
And there is another unguent that makes those near the lamp feel big as elephants. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
Dr. Fludd, thus assailed, took up his pen and defended the unguent in a caustic pamphlet. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Zubaidit spent her own coin to buy the oil of naya, which is the only unguent that cures it. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
The role of sports as an emotional unguent comes into sharp focus in dark times such as these. From Wordnik.com. [What We Really Need Is a Skybox Bailout] Reference
It was none too clean, I cleansed it for him, and dressed it with some of your goose-grass unguent. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
Her choice was apparently correct; the flies also found the unguent noisome and kept their distance. From Wordnik.com. [Rama Revisited]
His movements were graceful and controlled; the unguent seemed to have loosened and oiled his muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Vetch did so, as Haraket got one of the jars of unguent from a shelf, and applied it generously to the whip marks. From Wordnik.com. [Joust]
They then perfumed the wine-mixing vessel with the same unguent and poured some of the melted liquid into the lamps. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio] Reference
They led Soldier's Boy from the steam hut, still swathed in the hot wraps that held the herbal unguent against his skin. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
After worshipping with various substances, one should offer food, unguent, mutton and the most attractive sorts of food. From Wordnik.com. [FAQ: Adinatha FAQ Revision 2.0a by Mike Magee] Reference
The Serian male cleaned and spread unguent in the long gouges while the child sewed them up under the old woman's direction. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
An obvious regret, or, at least, resignation tempered with remembrance, was the unguent he anticipated at the hands of Kitty. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
So was Mrs. Gerald; but there was a practical unguent to her grief in the thought that it was best for both Lester and the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Jennie Gerhardt] Reference
First unguent, then poultices and then, as gently as possible, they rolled Calenti onto a blanket the doctor-priest had brought. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Of The Lion]
"If I were a magician, I would apply to your eyes some unguent, which should unveil what is there concealed", said John, smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
The only remedy for the evil is an unguent of oil or butter, a precaution which should never be neglected by the African traveller. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Even the salted unguent sold in tins was hard to get, and only a very good customer could buy a tin, at a huge price, from his grocer. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
His hooded shroud took on the color and texture of bark, and the special unguent on his hands and face had the same mimetic properties. From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
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