Re*pel"lent (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
© Webster 1913.
Re*pel"lent, n.
1.
That which repels.
2. Med.
A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Dunglison.
3.
A kind of waterproof cloth.
Knight.
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