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 Cullum, Ridgwell

"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)

Ordinary muscular strains generally yield to a good rubbing with an embrocation.

From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers