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Demulcent   Listen
Demulcent

noun
1.
A medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin.
adjective
1.
Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.  Synonyms: emollient, salving, softening.





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"Demulcent" Quotes from Famous Books



... benefited by his oath. There was, therefore, need of tact as well as delicacy; and Mr. White contrived in the first place to get his man to take up his quarters in the house in Mill's Court. A good supper and chambers formed the first demulcent—we do not say bribe, because, by a legal fiction, all eating and drinking is set down to the score of hospitality. A Scotch breakfast followed in the morning, at which were present Mrs. White and Mrs. Hislop, and our favourite Henney—the last of whom, ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII. • Various


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