Balm

1. v. i. To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.
2. n. An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
3. n. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
4. n. Any fragrant ointment.
5. n. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.