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Depilatory   Listen
noun
Depilatory  n.  An application used to take off hair.





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"Depilatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... is always removed by depilatories and vellication. When Bilkis Queen of Sheba discovered her legs by lifting her robe (Koran xxvii.), Solomon was minded to marry her, but would not do so till the devils had by a depilatory removed the hair. The popular preparation (called Nurah) consists of quicklime 7 parts, and Zirnik or orpiment, 3 parts: it is applied in the Hammam to a perspiring skin, and it must be washed off immediately ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Depilatory" :   compound, epilator, depilator, hairless


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