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pulley (iou) and antibiotic ointment (medicine)


pulley (iou)



pulley noun & verb. ME.
[Old French polie (mod. poulie) from Proto-Romance, prob. ult. from medieval Greek dim. of polos pivot, axis, windlass, capstan (POLE noun2).]
A. noun.
A simple mechanical device consisting of a grooved wheel or set of wheels over which a cord etc. may pass, mounted in a block, and used esp. for raising weights by pulling downward on the cord. ME.
A wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt etc. for the application or transmission of power, or to guide such a belt. E17.
Comb.: pulley-block a block or casing in which a pulley is mounted; pulley-wheel a grooved wheel of a pulley.
b. verb trans.
Raise or hoist with a pulley. L16.
Provide with a pulley; work by means of a pulley. M18.

antibiotic ointment (medicine)


antibiotic ointment


A ointment (or cream) based medication that kills bacteria.

Examples include Neosporin, Bactroban, Garamycin, bacitracin, gentamicin, mupirocin, neomycin, silver sulphasalazine, chloramphenicol and clindamycin.