oil of talc

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oil of talc (uncountable)

  1. (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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