The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rusma
Rusma \Rus"ma\, n. [Corrupt. from Turk. khyryzma a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. ? an unguent; cf. F. rusma.] A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
Wiktionary
rusma
n. (context archaic English) A powerful depilatory fluid made from quicklime and sulphite of arsenic boiled in an alkaline solution.
Usage examples of "rusma".
Beyond Rusma there was nothing, no defensive forces at all, except scattered militias of old men and boys.
Rundel and Lennink, bridging the river Walda at Waldrach and the Finger River at Rusma, and then push through the gap of Bel Awl, and they were home.