embalmingn.
/ɛmˈbɑːmɪŋ/ The action of embalm v. Also attributive.
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c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Aiiiv Theyre enbawmyng & theyre vnshamfastnes.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §771 The Embalming..no doubt was of the best.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems Ded. sig. A3 The embalming of his name to Immortality.
1648 J. Cooke Mellificium Chirurg. 382 For Embalming, having all things in a readinesse, etc.
1744 Trav. Late Charles Thompson III. 287 It seems natural before I leave this subject to say something of the Egyptian manner of embalming human bodies.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xliii. 381 The embalming of her dear remains.
1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 539/2 Oh, that embalming smell!
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