sb. and a. Obs. Also 7 smegmatick(e. [ad. mod.L. smegmatic-us, f. Gr. σμῆγμα, σμήγματ-: see prec.]
A. sb. Anything that cleanses; a cleanser, a detergent.
1623. Cockeram, I. Smegmaticke, any thing hauing the power to cleanse and scoure as Sope doth.
1695. J. Edwards, Perfect. Script., 192. Smegmaticks, mundifiers, cleansers, adorners, are useful.
B. adj. Detergent; abstersive.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Smegmatic, that hath the power or strength to scoure or cleanse, as soap.
1658. Phillips, Smegmatick, belonging to Soap, of a scouring faculty.
1675. Evelyn, Terra (1676), 23. Bolus’s, Rubrics, and Okers, Figuline, Stiptic, Smegmatic, &c.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 344. Smegmatic Pills.
