Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LO'TION, n. [L. lotio, from lavo, to wash.]

1. A washing; particularly, a washing of the akin for the purpose of rendering it fair. – Encyc.
2. A liquid preparation for washing some part of the body to cleanse it of foulness or deformity. – Encyc.
3. In pharmacy, a preparation of medicines, by washing them in some liquid, to remove foreign substances, &c. – Encyc.