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Meanings of embrocation in English

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embrocació

A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.

embrocació
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Examples for "liniment"
Examples for "liniment"
1
The liniment in the bottle, however, was lower, and it still oscillated.
A Son of the Sun
2
The following liniment is also good to scatter and dissipate the milk.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
3
I spent a morning tending severe sun-burns with liberal applications of liniment.
Anno Dracula
4
Grandma Padgett lighted one, and stuck it in an empty liniment bottle.
Old Caravan Days
5
After removing the liniment, grease the parts with oil or cold cream.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
Usage of embrocation in English
1
It was Roche's embrocation that did her more good than anything.
A Pair of Clogs
2
I have got an embrocation for her; and I can't very well send it.
Poor Miss Finch
3
Cook anxious "to do her bit" rubbed his chest with home-made embrocation.
Bedridden and the Winter Offensive / Deep Waters, Part 8.
4
My husband is rheumatic, and finds Tarver's embrocation do him more good than anything.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
5
He desired nothing but the cold sheets of his bed and a bottle of embrocation.
Nights in London
6
Was she personally interested in the sale of embrocation?
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
7
The affair of the embrocation was soon over.
Poor Miss Finch
8
Work's a good embrocation for the lumbago.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
9
Dion had never happened to tell Daventry about Jimmy Clarke's strained hip and his own application of Elliman's embrocation.
In the Wilderness
10
From the bag which I had brought the Doctor took a large bottle of embrocation and began rubbing the sprain.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
11
And if an embrocation may be used with good effects in the latter case, why may it not be used in the former?
Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
12
The visit ended with an application by Dion of Elliman's embrocation, for which one of the hotel page-boys was sent to the nearest chemist.
In the Wilderness
13
Having bathed, rubbed their necks with embrocation, and well shaken their clothes, they strolled out on to the verandah, where Barton was waiting for them.
Chatterbox, 1905.
14
Other embrocations were applied to the injured limb, and new spells were put in practice.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
15
Embrocation to be applied to the injured part.
The Love Affairs of Pixie
16
I offered the cheerily indignant warrior apologies for my friend's parabolic method of descent, and suggested Elliman's Embrocation.
Simon the Jester
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Translations for embrocation
Embrocation through the time