a. ? Obs. [f. L. balsam-um + -OUS.] = BALSAMIC.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., III. 76. A Cephalick balsamous liniment.
1762. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, V. xxxvi. 125. The radical moisture is … an oily and balsamous substance.
