zinc ointment, n.

zinc-ointment
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zinc ointmentnoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zinc ointment come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zinc ointment is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zinc ointment is from 1843, in the writing of Robert J. Graves, physician.

### Nearby entries

1. zinckenite, n. 1835–
2. zinco, n. 1887–
3. zinco-, comb. form
4. zincode, n. 1839–
5. zincograph, n. 1888–
6. zincograph, v. 1865–
7. zincographer, n. 1839–
8. zincographic, adj. 1850–
9. zincography, n. 1834–
10. zincoid, n. 1842–
11. zinc ointment, n.1843–
12. zinc orange, n. 1918–
13. zincous, adj. 1842–
14. zinc-plate, n. 1823–
15. zinc-powder, n. 1881–
16. zinc roof, n. 1883–
17. zinc spar, n. 1796–
18. zinc-sponge, n. 1902–
19. zinc sulphide, n. 1851–
20. zinc white, n. 1847–
21. zincy, adj. 1757–

## Meaning & use

1. 1843–
   See zinc n. Compounds.
   1. 1843

      > Zinc ointment.

      R. J. Graves, System of Clinical Medicine xxvi. 332

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.