+ balmify ( l silent)

t. [Eng. balm (y), and suffix - fy.] To make balmy. "The fluids have been entirely sweetened and balmified."- Cheyne English Malady (1733), p. 306. balm'-i-lý (l silent), adv . In a balmy manner. balm'-ỹ ( l silent), a. [Eng. balm ; -y.] 1. Impregnated with balm; having the qualities of balm; highly and pleasantly odoriferous. "Broke into hills with balmy odours crown'd." Thomson: Liberty , pt. ii. "Where, scatter'd wild, the lily of the vale Its balmy e ence breathes where cowslips hang The dewy head, where purple violets lurk. Thomson: Spring. 2. Producing balm. "Let India boast her groves, nor envy we The weeping amber, and the balmy tree." Pope: Windsor Forest. 3. Mitigating or a uaging bodily pain or mental distre ; soft, soothing. "The lamp of day is quench'd beneath the deep. And soft approach the balmy hoursf sleep.' Pope : Homer's Ody ey , iii. 427, 428.