pomatuming

I have said before, to do all in his power to keep himself out of trouble, Mrs. Grimstone, in her morning wrapper, paid a visit to the dormitories and, in spite of all Paul's attempts to excuse himself, insisted upon pomatuming his hair -- an indignity which he felt acutely.

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895

He was a trained valet, however, expert in all the details of dressing hair, powdering, curling, pomatuming, and other intricacies of the toilet of a man of fashion of that day.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886