Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of moistening and rubbing a part of the body with a liniment or lotion.
- noun A liniment or lotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of moistening and rubbing a bruised or injured part with some liquid substance.
- noun The liquid with which an affected part is rubbed; a fomentation; liniment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
- noun The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
moistening andrubbing adiseased part withspirit ,oil , etc. - noun The
liquid orlotion with which anaffected part isrubbed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
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chained_bear commented on the word embrocation
usage note on turpeth
March 11, 2008
qms commented on the word embrocation
The Donald's frail feelings will bruise
If journos do aught but enthuse
His best embrocation
For such irritation
Is persistent cries of "fake news!"
March 6, 2017