embrocation

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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

As an embrocation, the oil of turpentine mixed with spirit of wine and camphor, together with soap liniment, proves very efficacious for the relief of sciatica, and for the chronic rheumatism of joints.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

She was anxious to get away from the question of the embrocation.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

"But the time may come, Timothy, when we may find ourselves without money, as we were when we first commenced our career, and shared three-pence halfpenny each, by selling the old woman the embrocation."

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

At the same time, some stimulating embrocation must be employed to the back, belly, and hind-legs, which must be well rubbed with it four times daily, or the oftener the better.

From The Dog by Dinks