DEPILATORY

(Lat. de, from, and pilus, hair.) Any application which removes hair from any part of the body. The celebrated Turkish Depilatory is a mixture of 7 parts of quicklime and 1 of orpiment. The latter ingredient is probably usele ; for when powdered quicklime is made into a thin paste with water, and applied bv a camel-hair pencil to any part till it produces a tingling or burning sensation, on wiping it off with a wet sponge the hair, especially if it be soft and delicate, is removed with it. [s. 340]