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lavement|ˈleɪvmənt|
[a. F. lavement, f. laver to wash; cf. lavament.]
1. The action of washing, or cleansing. rare.
1650Ashmole Chym. Collect. 23 In the fourth distillation follows the Lavement. 1891Cornh. Mag. Mar. 323 Those down below pause in the lavement of their hands.
2. Med. An injection.
1794[J. Williams] Crying Ep. to Col. Mack 18 Bring a hot lavement, and infuse it Mack. 1825W. Heberden tr. Cicero's Lett. to Atticus x. 13 He ordered them to come again the next day, as he..was taking a lavement. 1872Contemp. Rev. XXI. 149 The application of lavements to women and children. 1876T. B. Curling Dis. Rectum (ed. 4) 48 They have regularly used the cold-water lavements. |
