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liniment
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liniment /lin·i·ment/ (lin´ĭ-mint) an oily liquid preparation to be used on the skin.
lin·i·ment (ln-mnt)
n.
A liquid preparation rubbed into the skin or gums as a counterirritant, rubefacient, anodyne, or cleansing agent.

liniment
[lin′imənt]
Etymology: L, linere, to smear
a preparation, usually containing an alcoholic, oily, or soapy vehicle, that is rubbed on the skin as a counterirritant.

liniment
a medicinal preparation in an oily, soapy or alcoholic vehicle, intended to be rubbed on the skin as a counterirritant or anodyne.


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Thomas provided some horse linament from his farm and encouraged the players, especially Wachsmuth, to use it.
Stephen Walters, also reports that preliminary interpretation of the Fine Beam Mode Radarsat image of the Contract of Work area, suggests that a number of circular structures at the intersections of cross cutting linaments may be associated with an exposed intrusive complex.
 
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