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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 46 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POMADE, or POMATUM

POMADE, or POMATUM , a scented ointment, used formerly for softening and beautifying the skin, as a See also:

LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip-salve, &c., but now principally applied to the See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . It was made originally from the juice of apples (See also:

Lat. pomum), whence the name .

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