▪ I. pomate, n. rare. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈpəʊmət)
Also 8 Sc. pomet.
[ad. mod.L. pōmātum: see -ate1.]
a. = pomace 2 a. b. = pomatum 1.
1699 Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 175 There is made a Mash or Pomate of this Root. 1773 Fergusson Auld Reikie Poems (1785) 206 The pomet slaister'd up his hair. 1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. |
▪ II. pomate, v. rare. Obs. exc. dial.
(pəʊˈmeɪt)
[f. pomatum: cf. -ate3.]
trans. a. To reduce to a pomatum or paste. b. To dress (the hair) with pomatum.
1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 743 Tincture of Steel pomated. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize xlii, His hair..was as if it had been pomated. |