embrocation Med.
(ɛmbrəʊˈkeɪʃən)
Also 7 embrochation.
[n. of action f. med.L. embrocāre: see prec. and -ation.]
† 1. The action of embrocating. Obs.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. (1586) 437 It is an embrocation when we drop down liquor from a hyer place upon some part of the bodie. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xxx. (1678) 650 An Embroche or Embrocation, is a watering. |
2. A liquid used for bathing or moistening any diseased part; now usually restricted to those applied by rubbing; a liniment.
| 1610 P. Barrough Meth. Physick i. ii. (1639) 4 Embrocations (that is, decoctions made of certaine things to powre upon any member). 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. xxviii, He bathed the doctor's face with an embrocation. 1831 Brewster Nat. Magic i. 3 Drugs and soporific embrocations. |