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Depilatory

De-pil'a-to-ry, a.

adjective

a. Having the quality or power to remove the hair and make bald or bare.

De-pīl'a-to-ry, n.

noun

n. [Fr. dépilatoire, It. depilatorio.] Any application which is used to take off the hair of an animal body; such as lime and orpiment.