† coˈllution Obs.
[ad. late L. collūtiōn-em, n. of action f. colluĕre to rinse, f. luĕre to wash.]
1. A wash or rinse for the mouth; a lotion.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 440 To make a collution to wash the teeth withall. a 1657 Loveday Lett. (1663) 206, I have taken a Vomit, a Purge, a Collution, a Dentifrice, etc. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 651 Hippocrates..injected it [vinegar] into the Womb in Collutions. |
2. ? = colluvies 1. In Phys. Dict. 1657 (appended to Tomlinson), explained as ‘filth, impurity’.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. v. vii. 161* To roborate the mouth and deterge its collutions. |