oil of talc
English
Noun
oil
of
talc
(
uncountable
)
(
obsolete
)
A
nostrum
made of
calcined
talc
, famous in the 17th century as a
cosmetic
.
That for the
oil of Talc
, dare spend / More than citizens dare lend / Them, or all their officers
- Ben Jonson, To Sickness
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