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Embrocation   Listen
noun
Embrocation  n.  (Med.)
(a)
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
(b)
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.





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"Embrocation" Quotes from Famous Books



... her throat is so much better that I have hardly any uneasiness about it. Either bathing has been of the greatest service to her, or else it is to be attributed to an excellent embrocation of Mr. Wingfield's, which we have been applying at times ever ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various
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... take your will of him after he has put some embrocation on your bruises," said I; and as I was speaking there came a timorous ...
— The O'Ruddy - A Romance • Stephen Crane
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... to birch-chewing prefer these tender yellow-green leaves tinged with red, when newly put forth in June—"Youngsters" rural New Englanders call them then. In some sections a kind of tea is steeped from the leaves, which also furnish the old-fashioned embrocation, wintergreen oil. Late in the year the glossy bronze carpet of old leaves dotted over with vivid red "berries" invites much trampling by hungry birds and beasts, especially deer and bears, not to mention ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al
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Words linked to "Embrocation" :   liniment, lotion, application, embrocate


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