Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EM-BRO-CA'TION
EM-BRO-CA'TION, n.
- The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part, with a cloth or spunge, dipped in some liquid substance, as spirit, oil, &c. Coxe. Encyc.
- The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed or washed.
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