Med. Also 7 embrochation. [n. of action f. med.L. embrocāre: see prec. and -ATION.]
† 1. The action of embrocating. Obs.
1543. Traheron, Vigo’s Chirurg. (1586), 437. It is an embrocation when we drop down liquor from a hyer place upon some part of the bodie.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., XXVI. xxx. (1678), 650. An Embroche or Embrocation, is a watering.
2. A liquid used for bathing or moistening any diseased part; now usually restricted to those applied by rubbing; a liniment.
1610. Barrough, Meth. Physick, I. ii. (1639), 4. Embrocations (that is, decoctions made of certaine things to powre upon any member by little and little, or to let it drop down).
1748. Smollett, Rod. Rand., xxviii. He bathed the doctor’s face with an embrocation.
1831. Brewster, Nat. Magic, i. 3. Drugs and soporific embrocations.
