POULTICE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. "Poultice relaxeth the pores." Bacon.

2.
v.

To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.


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