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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 106)

Adj.

[L.

emolliens

-entis

, p. pr. of

emollire

to soften;

out +

mollire

to soften,

mollis

soft: cf. F.

émollient

. See

Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.

“Emollient applications.”

Arbuthnot.

(?; 105)

Noun.

(Med.)

An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

Adj.

Softening; making supple; relaxing the solids.

Barley is emollient.

Noun.

A medicine which softens and relaxes, or sheaths the solids; that which softens or removes the asperities of the humors.