Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LO'TION
LO'TION, n. [L. lotio, from lavo, to wash.]
- A washing; particularly, a washing of the akin for the purpose of rendering it fair. – Encyc.
- A liquid preparation for washing some part of the body to cleanse it of foulness or deformity. – Encyc.
- In pharmacy, a preparation of medicines, by washing them in some liquid, to remove foreign substances, &c. – Encyc.
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