Lubricate vs Unct - What's the difference?
lubricate | unct |
To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
(archaic) To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.
* 1552 , ed. Catholic Church, John Hamilton, Thomas Graves Law, The Catechism of John Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1552 , published 1884, page 229
* 1769 , ,
* 2001 , Sheila Fischman tr., The Little Girl who was Too Fond of Matches: A Novel
(Ayurvedic medicine) To lubricate.
* {{quote-book, 2008, Swami Sadashiva Tirtha, The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, page=197
, passage=This is also an uncting procedure in which oil is dropped into the nose and expelled through the mouth.}}
As verbs the difference between lubricate and unct
is that lubricate is to make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant while unct is (archaic) to anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.lubricate
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(lubricat)Derived terms
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(en verb)- The King was uncted in the nick of time
The Rowley Poems, "Englysh Metamorphosis",
- Tyll tyred with battles, for to ceese the fraie, / Theie uncted Brutus kynge, and gave the Trojanns swaie.
(original by [[w:Gaétan Soucy, Gaétan Soucy]), ISBN 1559705884, page 11,
- I suppose the prospect of the sly devils in the village forcing my brother and me to kick the bucket without even uncting us extremely skewered me in every direction on the barbecue grill of those ancient queries concerning hell and its kind.
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