embrocation

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Embrocation to be applied to the injured part.

From The Love Affairs of Pixie by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

I offered the cheerily indignant warrior apologies for my friend's parabolic method of descent, and suggested Elliman's Embrocation.

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

"Embrocation is a very dear medicine, my good woman; it ought to be eighteen-pence, but as you are a poor woman, I shall only charge you nine-pence."

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

Mr. Orguly Bolp's large painting, entitled "Embrocation," is an interesting experiment in the handling of aplanatic surfaces, in which the toxic determinants are harmonized by a sort of plastic meiosis with syncopated rhythms.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

"Row's Embrocation, or arnica," the Captain was saying.

From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil