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pectinatio

pectinatio [LL] , combing: a (of hair or head); b (of flax). a juvamen est abstinentia lotionis et ~o frequens sine lotione Gilb. II 76 v. 2; capitis ~o extrahit vapores ad capud ascendentes tempore dormicionis a stomacho Bacon V 69; statim post locionem manus et ~onem capitis Cust. Cant. 158; dimissio ~onis capitis Gad. 110 v. 2; ~ones capitis ante prandium cum pectine eburneo Ib. 111 v.1.  b per multas ‥ carpinationes et ~ones [Trevisa: hechelynges] Bart. Angl. XVII 160.

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