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Conisterium
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Gr. rcovcs, dust), the name of the room in the ancient palaestra or thermae (baths) where wrestlers, after being anointed with oil, were sprinkled with sand, so as to give them a grip when wrestling.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Conisterium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/conisterium.html. 1910.