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

"I should hope so," replied I; "what is it you require—a lotion, or an embrocation?"

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

Now it would have been singularly easy to have affixed a different label to my unrivaled peach-bloom cosmetic and have supplied him with a sure-to-heal embrocation.

From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold

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

It was Roche’s embrocation that did her more good than anything.

From A Pair of Clogs by Walton, Amy