Obs. [ad. L. type *lavātūra [= cl.L. lōtūra), f. lavāre to wash.] A lotion, a wash.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 72. A lauature [of mallows] represseth all tettars. Ibid., 170. The leaues boiled in rain water, together with the barke of the blacke fig-tree … do make a lauature or water to colour the hair [blacke].
