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

All along the Ganges, Brahmahputra, and Indus, the oil is universally considered as of great value as an embrocation in rheumatism and for giving much strength when rubbed on the back and loins.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

"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

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

From A Pair of Clogs by Walton, Amy

Then, for physic, an embrocation containing one-third of turpentine is used thrice daily, to rub the animal's back, neck, and belly with.

From The Dog by Dinks