▪ 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. |