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What does embrocation mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
  2. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
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She was anxious to get away from the question of the embrocation.
The last sentence, applying a little irony to herself as if it were an embrocation, is what we should value most.
He used to kill an Adder and clarify the dripping for embrocation.
It is also used by way of embrocation to bathe the face and limbs, or any part affected with pains, or debility.
He sends some physic to be given, and some embrocation to rub on the back.
From the bag which I had brought the Doctor took a large bottle of embrocation and began rubbing the sprain.

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