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pomatum, n.|pəʊˈmeɪtəm|
[a. mod.L. pōmātum, f. pōmum apple + -ātum, -ate1.]
1. = pomade n.2
1562Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. ii. 42 b, This Pomatum wil be as whyte as snowe. 1597Gerarde Herbal iii. xcv. 1276 There is likewise made an ointment with the pulpe of Apples and Swines grease and Rose water, which is vsed to beautifie the face..called in shops Pomatum, of the Apples whereof it is made. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden clxviii. 258 Pomatum, which is of much use to soften and supple the roughnesse of the skin. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock ii. 129 Gums and Pomatums shall his flight restrain. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 240 Its essence is mixed with pomatums for the face and hands. 1855Thackeray Newcomes ii, Their..hair..disguised with powder and pomatum.
attrib.1629Davenant Albovine v. i, They say it is your custom to sleep in Pomatum Masques. 1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1808/4 One Silver Pomatum-Pot. 1885T. A. Guthrie Tinted Venus x. 121 Your bottles and pomatum-pots.
†2. = cider. Obs. rare—0.
1657Physical Dict., Pomatum, a drink made of apples.
Hence poˈmatum v. trans., = pomade v.; poˈmatumed |-əmd| ppl. a., anointed with pomatum; poˈmatumy |-əmɪ| a., sticky with pomatum.
1786Pogonologia 80 His whiskers..combed, and pomatumed by his mistress. 1821–30Ld. Cockburn Mem. i. 29 Powdered and pomatumed hair. 1857Ld. Campbell Lives Chief Justices III. lii. 250 The wigs that had been properly frizzed and pomatumed. 1894Mrs. Ritchie Chapters fr. Mem. i. 10 Features, ornamented with little pomatumy wisps of hair. |