pomade

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He must have some clothes Oh yes; at once," said Helen And, look here, my dear," said the doctor testily; "I never use anything of the kind myself, but you girls rub some stuff--pomade or cream--on your hair to make it grow, do you not Well, yes, papa Then, for goodness' sake, let a double quantity be rubbed at once upon that poor boy's head.

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  1. noun A perfumed ointment, especially one used to groom the hair.
  2. transitive verb To anoint with pomade.

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  1. French pommade, from Italian pomata, from pomo, apple, from Late Latin pōmum; see pome.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French *pomade, vernacularly pomee, pommee, pomeye, feminine, also pomat, vernacularly pomé, pommé, pomey, masculine, from Middle Latin pomata, feminine, a drink made from apples, cider, from Latin pomum, apple: see pome. Cf. pomace.
  2. Formerly also pomado (after Italian) (also pomatum, q. v.), = D. G. pomade, pommade = Swedish pomada = Danish pomade; from French pommade (= Spanish Portuguese pomada), from Italian pomata, pomada, an ointment, from Middle Latin *pomata, pomatum, an ointment (said to be so called because orig. made with apples), from Latin pomum, apple: see pome.
  3. from pomade, n.
 

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