Noah Webster
Embrocate
EM'BROCATE, verb transitive [Gr. to moisten, to rain.]
In surgery and medicine, to moisten and rub a diseased part of the body, with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or spunge.
EM'BROCATE, verb transitive [Gr. to moisten, to rain.]
In surgery and medicine, to moisten and rub a diseased part of the body, with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or spunge.