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Webster 1913 Edition
Lotion
1.
A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.
2.
A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lotion
LO'TION
,Noun.
1.
A washing; particularly, a washing of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.2.
A liquid preparation for washing some part of the body, to cleanse it of fourlness or deformity.3.
In pharmacy, a preparation of medicines, by washing them in some liquid, to remove foreign substances, impurities, &c.