embrocation
Example Sentences
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The last sentence, applying a little irony to herself as if it were an embrocation, is what we should value most.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
Ther’s embrocation, hoss iles, every sort of lin’ments.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
Having bathed, rubbed their necks with embrocation, and well shaken their clothes, they strolled out on to the verandah, where Barton was waiting for them.
From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various
"I should hope so," replied I; "what is it you require—a lotion, or an embrocation?"
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
But this Iris hastily refused, and in a few moments she left the shop in triumph with a bottle of Roche’s embrocation neatly done up in white paper and sealing-wax.
From A Pair of Clogs by Amy Walton
