pomatum

Definitions

Examples

• The same scents may also be used for pomatum, which should be made of perfectly pure lard, or marrow.

• His hair was a little less primrose coloured than it had been (pomatum does darken hair a little), but his eyes had not altered.

• Theres knavery in daubing, I hold my life; or else this only female pomatum.

• The majority vouchsafed no reply; others, fancying it was pomatum for ringworm of the scalp, refused testily.

• If the whole be then exposed to a considerable degree of heat, it will assume the consistence of pomatum, and may be used as such.