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English
Noun
balsome (countable and uncountable, plural balsomes)
- Obsolete form of balsam.
1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Cure of Deſpaire by Phyſick, good counſell, comforts, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. , 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 4, member 3, subsection 6, page 707:His mercy is a panacea, a balſome for an afflicted ſoule, a Soveraigne medicine, an alexipharmacum for all ſinne, a charme for the Divell, his mercy was great to Solomon, to Manaſſes, to Peter, great to all offenders, and whoſoever thou art, it may be ſo to thee.