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Pomade   Listen
noun
Pomade  n.  
1.
Cider. (Obs.)
2.
Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; originally made from apples.





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"Pomade" Quotes from Famous Books



... hair pomade is made as follows: Take half a pint of fine castor oil and an ounce of white wax. Stir until it gets cool enough to thicken, when perfume may be stirred in; geranium, bergamot or lemon oil may ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young
... bottles, bandages, and medicated cotton-wool. By the light of a smoky lamp the two women scrutinised the labels, sniffing the various phials and flasks. Big Ernestine, with the aid of Mother Toulouche, prepared compresses of pomade and cotton-wool, on which she sprinkled a few drops of a yellow liquid, giving out a sickening odour. Besides this big Ernestine put inside her bodice a long phial, after making certain that the mixture, with which ...
— Messengers of Evil - Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre
... from want of natural oil. The investigations of Liebreich have shown that this is closely allied to lanolin, which is the purified fat of sheep's wool. Moreover, it has been found that this lanolin is the very best substitute for the former. It is, however, too sticky to be used alone as a pomade. Accordingly, Dr. Allan Jamieson, of Edinburgh, a very high authority on diseases of the skin and hair, advises that it should be mixed with oil of ...
— The Art of Living in Australia • Philip E. Muskett (?-1909)


Words linked to "Pomade" :   brilliantine, hairdressing, hair tonic, hair grease


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