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Definition of Balm of Gilead

1. Noun. Medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees.

2. Noun. A fragrant oleoresin.

3. Noun. Small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised.

Medical Definition of Balm of Gilead

1. An oleoresin from Commiphora opobalsamum (family Burseraceae), probably the myrrh of the Bible; used in perfumery. Synonym: Mecca balsam, opobalsamum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balm Of Gilead

ballutes bally bally(a) ballyard ballyards ballyhoo ballyhoo artist ballyhooed ballyhooing ballyhoos

ballyrag ballyragged ballyragging ballyrags balm balm of Gilead (current term) balmacaan balmacaans balmed balmier

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Literary usage of Balm of Gilead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"Solomon's balm of Gilead was probably the most successful nostrum ever offered ... The balm of Gilead was in the full sense of the word, a ' Quack Medicine. ..."

2. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"Button- wood, White-wood, balm of Gilead, and Poplar, with red and white Pine, Hemlock, Larch, and Cedar, are interspersed over almost every part of both ..."

3. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"balm of Gilead.—Willow.—Ash.—Basswood, or Tiel-tree.—The Poplar. —The Hemlock—Beauties of its Foliage—Uses.—Hickory. ..."

4. Sermons by Edward Dorr Griffin, William Buell Sprague (1839)
"HARVEST PAST AND balm of Gilead, JEB. vin. 20-22.* The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we aie not saved. For the hurt of the daughter of my people ..."

5. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"THE balm of Gilead; OE, COMFORTS FOR THE DISTRESSED, BOTH MORAL AND DIVINE. TO ALL THE DISTRESSED MEMBERS OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERESOEVER: WHOSE SOULS ARE ..."

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