Obs. [ad. late L. collūtiōn-em, n. of action f. colluĕre to rinse, f. luĕre to wash.]

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  1.  A wash or rinse for the mouth; a lotion.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 440. To make a collution to wash the teeth withall.

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a. 1657.  Loveday, Lett. (1663), 206. From my own prescription I have taken a Vomit, a Purge, a Collution, a Dentifrice, &c. if these fail, the hopes of a Cure will sicken, and I shall onely comfort my self in the calamities of a short life with eternity.

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1684.  trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., XVIII. 651. Hippocrates … injected it [vinegar] into the Womb in Collutions.

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  2.  ? = COLLUVIES 1. In Phys. Dict. 1657 (appended to Tomlinson), explained as ‘filth, impurity.’

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., V. vii. 161*. To roborate the mouth and deterge its collutions.

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