dropaxn.

/ˈdrəʊpaks/

Forms: Also 1600s dropace.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek δρῶπαξ pitch-plaster, < δρέπειν to pluck. In French dropace, Cotgrave.

? Obsolete.

A pitch plaster, a depilatory.

ΚΠ

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. iii. i. 486 Piso [prescribes] Dropaces, of pitch and oile of Rue applied at certaine times to the stomacke, to the metaphrene.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dropacist, one that pulls off hair, and makes the body bare.

1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis 774/1 A Dropace..is made of Pitch mixt with Oyl.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dropax, or Dropacismus..of Pitch and Oil.

Derivatives

ˈdropacism n. (also ˈdropacist) (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dropacism..an Ointment for anointing the Members of the Body.

1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Dropax, Dropacism (old terms).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dropax
释义	dropaxn. /ˈdrəʊpaks/ Forms: Also 1600s dropace. Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek δρῶπαξ pitch-plaster, < δρέπειν to pluck. In French dropace, Cotgrave. ? Obsolete. A pitch plaster, a depilatory. ΚΠ 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. iii. i. 486 Piso [prescribes] Dropaces, of pitch and oile of Rue applied at certaine times to the stomacke, to the metaphrene. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dropacist, one that pulls off hair, and makes the body bare. 1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis 774/1 A Dropace..is made of Pitch mixt with Oyl. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dropax, or Dropacismus..of Pitch and Oil. Derivatives ˈdropacism n. (also ˈdropacist) (see quots.). ΚΠ 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dropacism..an Ointment for anointing the Members of the Body. 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Dropax, Dropacism (old terms). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1621
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