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▪ I. † ˈlotium Obs.
[L. lōtium, urine.]
Stale urine used by barbers as a ‘lye’ for the hair. Also attrib.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i, [To an apothecary.] Thou stinkst of Lotium and the syringe. 1609― Sil. Wom. iii. ii, Mor...Let him [sc. ‘that cursed barber’] be glad to eate his sponge, for bread. Trv. And drinke lotium to it. 1608Middleton Trick to Catch Old One iv. iv, To take away the scent of..my barber's lotium-water.
▪ II. † lotium
vulgar form of lotion.
a1657R. Loveday Lett. (1659) 186 If you have a Recipe from Dr. B. of some soveraign lotium, it will be gratefully welcom. |