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Definition of Depilating
1. depilate [v] - See also: depilate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depilating
Literary usage of Depilating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"Arnozan has described a depilating folliculitis of the limbs. The hair cannot be
grown in the scar tissue. Ammoniated mercury ointment | to 1 dram (2.—1. ..."
2. The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing: Theoretically by François Malepeyre, Campbell Morfit (1852)
"... or raising, to " plump" the hide ; depilating, to separate the hair; fleshing,
or working on thé beam, to remove the loose flesh, fatty matter, &c., ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"The depilating forceps may come next, or if the lady is of a more energetic
disposition she may apply a resinous plaster in the manner of the French ..."
4. American Journal of Syphilography and Dermatology edited by [Anonymus AC02837004] (1873)
"A NEW PAIR OF depilating FORCEPS. BY MH HENRY, MD IN his admirable work on
parasitic affections, Dr. M'Call Anderson, when speaking of depilation and the ..."
5. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"In the case of glove leather a prolonged liming is necessary, not alone for
depilating purposes, but to split up the fibers of the skin so that they can ..."
6. Radiotherapy in skin disease by Joseph Belot (1905)
"In addition to their depilating action, the X-rays have an influence on the skin
in consequence of the ... It is a depilating agent ; it is, if you will, ..."
7. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"BOUDET, in trying the old method of depilating by means of a paste of ... The lime
alone has no depilating effect, and the sulphuret of sodium only a ..."
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