SALVE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealf; akin to Old High German salba ~, Greek olpē oil flask Date: before 12th century an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores, a remedial or soothing influence or agency , II. transitive verb (~d; salving) Date: before 12th century to remedy (as disease) with or as if with a ~, quiet , assuage , III. transitive verb (~d; salving) Etymology: back-formation from salvage Date: circa 1706 salvage , salvor noun