Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik). …

Med. To dissolve (viscid or thick humors), disperse. …

Med. Astringent. …

Med. (a) A medicine or medicinal ingredient which contracts bodily tissue, inhibits bleeding, etc.; (b) astringency, stypticity. …

(a) Med. To administer a steam or hot-air bath or a medicinal vapor to (sb., a part of the body); also, refl. inhale the vapor of a boiling decoction; (b) to steep (meat) in a liquid. …

One or more kinds of resin or gum, or such held in solution and intended for use as a decorative or protective coating on wood or other material, varnish; ?also, varnish used as a vehicle or mordant……