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

"One of the colts has sprained his shoulder, and we're out of embrocation; so I'm going to get some from Brooch."

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

Liza rubs me with embrocation every night, but it torments me cruel.'

From Liza of Lambeth by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

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

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian