Obs. [a. OF. uncture (ungture, ointure), or ad. L. unctūra, f. unct-, ung(u)ĕre. So Sp. and Pg. untura.] Ointment.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 41. For þys vncture ratefieþ & efenyþ þo placys by whom akþe goth to þe brayn. Ibid., 103. Þenne y dede efte sonys þe same medycine & þe same vncture.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., VI. 128. For sheep yshorn make vncture of lupynys.
