pomade

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: po=made

CIDE DICTIONARY

pomade, n. [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum.].

•  Cider.  Piers Plowman.  [1913 Webster]
•  Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pomade, n. & v.
--n. scented dressing for the hair and the skin of the head.
--v.tr. anoint with pomade.

Etymology

F pommade f. It. pomata f. med.L f. L pomum apple (from which it was orig. made)

THESAURUS

pomade

anoint, balm, balsam, beeswax, brilliantine, chrism, cold cream, collyrium, cream, daub, demulcent, dress, embrocate, embrocation, emollient, eye-lotion, eyewash, face cream, glycerolate, grease, grease the wheels, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, lanolin, lard, lenitive, lotion, lubricate, nard, oil, ointment, pomatum, salve, slick, slick on, smear, smooth the way, soap the ways, soothing syrup, spikenard, unction, unguent, unguentum, wax