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Lotion   /lˈoʊʃən/   Listen
Lotion

noun
1.
Any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin.
2.
Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.  Synonym: application.



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"Lotion" Quotes from Famous Books



... table's width, swings forward and a series of small compartments and trays both deep and shallow are laid out on either side. The trays of course are kept filled with hairpins, pins and powder, and the compartments have sunburn lotion and liquid powder, brush, comb and whiskbroom, and whatever else the hostess thinks will ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post

... he said, 'you will stay right here for the night. I have a comfortable room at the back here, and I think, by keeping up an application during the night, a cooling and healing lotion that will keep out inflammation, you will come out in the morning with nothing worse than a sore and tender skull to show for your encounter. I am a regular physician—you'll ...
— Against Odds - A Detective Story • Lawrence L. Lynch

... reply, but his features were distorted with extreme pain. I went to him, and proceeded to unloose the bandages, which gave him considerable relief. I then replaced them, secundum artem, and with great tenderness, and going to the sideboard, took the lotion which was standing there with the other bottles, and wetted the bandages. In a few minutes he was quite relieved. "Perhaps, sir," said I, "you had better try to sleep a little. I will take a book, and shall have great pleasure in watching ...
— Japhet, In Search Of A Father • Frederick Marryat

... THIS RECIPE: Wash the face twice a day in warm water, and rub dry with a coarse towel. Then with a soft towel rub in a lotion made of two ounces of white brandy, one ounce of cologne, and one-half ounce of liquor potasse. Persons subject to skin eruptions should avoid very salty or fat food. A dose of Epsom ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

... then wrapped another cloth soaked in water round and round the limb, and explained as well as he could to the father that as often as the bandage became dry the one must be dipped in the calabash with the lotion, the other in water, and applied again. For two or three days this treatment was continued, and then Edgar burned the unhealthy surfaces with caustic, continuing ...
— The Dash for Khartoum - A Tale of Nile Expedition • George Alfred Henty


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