lipsalve
(ˈlɪpsɑːv, -sælv)
[f. lip n. + salve n.]
Salve or ointment for the lips; an example of this; also fig. flattering speech. attrib. in lipsalve-box.
| 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Cerillas, lip salue, Vnguentum labiorum. 1627 E. F. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 91 One that..taught him not to trust a Woman's Lip-salve, when that he knew her breast was fill'd with rancour. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 297 Let not their lip-salve so annoynt you, as it make you forgetfull of him that made you. 1710 Steele Tatler No. 245 ¶2 A Collection of Receipts to make..Pomatums, Lip-Salves. 1767 H. Glasse Cookery 383 A fine lip salve. 1806–7 J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) vi. xxxi, You supply the deficiency of the former with wafers, pocket-pieces, lip-salve-boxes, cut cards, &c. 1826 Scott Jrnl. 13 May, Praise..costs men nothing, and is usually only lip-salve. 1882 J. Ashton Social Life Reign Q. Anne I. 128 Rose and white lip salves were used as now. |