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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1773-1823
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POMATE, v., n. Also pomet. Sc. curtailed form of Eng. pomatum, a pomade, to dress the hair with pomade. [′pomət]Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 112:
Look at that Head, and think if there The Pomet slaister'd up his Hair!Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. xiv.:
His hair, with the heat he was in, was as if it had been pomated.
