*ointment*

n. [ Cf. F. appointement. ] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being appointed to som&unr_; service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a “power of appointment”) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appointment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désappointement. ] 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disappoints.

Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr. F. oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. añj, and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E. word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. Anoint, Unguent. ] That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]