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

"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

He sends some physic to be given, and some embrocation to rub on the back.

From The Dog by Dinks

The following embrocation may be applied to the spine, ears, belly, and legs:— Oil of cedar, 1 ounce.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

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

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian