† collutionn.
Obsolete.
1. A wash or rinse for the mouth; a lotion.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 440 To make a collution to wash the teeth withall.
a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 206 I have taken a Vomit, a Purge, a Collution, a Dentifrice, etc.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 651 Hippocrates..injected it [vinegar] into the Womb in Collutions.
2. ? = colluvies n. 1. In Phys. Dict. 1657 (appended to Tomlinson), explained as ‘filth, impurity’.
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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Z To roborate the mouth, and deterge its collutions.
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