Absterge

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 15

ab-sterj', v. t. [absterged (-sterjd'), -STEKGiNG.] To make clean by wiping; to cleanse by lotions, etc.— Abster'gent, a. Serving to cleanse; detergent.— Absterse', -sters', v. t. To cleanse wiping. — Abater's ion, -shun, n. Act of, etc. AbsterSive, -siv, a. Having the quality of cleansing.