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
It is used as an embrocation for rheumatism and for neck galls of cattle.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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 Harold Bindloss
The Sandal consists in making a perfumed embrocation from sandal wood.
From The Faith of Islam by Edward Sell
A spirit made from the petals is excellent as an outward embrocation for rheumatism and sprains; and in some parts of Germany, a wine is prepared from the flowers mixed with raisins.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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