Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
rhusma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See
rhusma .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A powerful
depilatory fluid made fromquicklime andsulphite ofarsenic boiled in analkaline solution .
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Examples
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As the ladies of this country consider the growth of hair upon the upper lip, upon the arms, and on the back of the neck, to be detrimental to beauty, those who are troubled with such physical indications of good health and vital stamina have long had recourse to rusma or depilatory for removing it.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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This or analogous preparations were introduced into this country from the East, rusma having been in use in the harems of Asia for many ages.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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I was born so, and when some growed on, a nigger girl spilled some rusma on my crown, and I hain't hed no har sence. '
Tupelo John Hill 1862
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