Obs. = SHAMPOOING.
1698. Hans Sloane, in Phil. Trans., XX. 462. A kind of Instrument, called, in China, a Champing Instrument. Its use is to be rub’d or roul’d over the Muscular Flesh.
1782–3. W. F. Martyn, Geog. Mag., I. 262. Nor is this operation of champing … only practised after bathing.
