or lip-wash, subs. (common).—Flattery.
1594. NASHE, The Unfortunate Traveller [GROSART (1885), v. 92]. What ist? what ist for a mayde fayre and freshe to spend a little LIP SALUE on a hungrie louer.
1680. LADY ELIZABETH CARY, The History … of Edward II., 91. Spencer … finds here a female wit that … taught him not to trust a woman’s LIP-SALVE.
1891. H. HERMAN, Scarlet Fortune, VI. Oily flattery … termed in Western phraseology, chin-music and LIP-WASH.
