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Definition of Poultices

Poultice
Poultice Poul"tice, n. [L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.] 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.
Poultice
Poultice Poul"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

Meaning of Poultices from wikipedia

- club as a poultice. Native Americans have thousands of plants for the making of poultices. The known tribes who utilize(d) plants for poultices include...
- twenty-one "poultices" and gave them to him LKA 146 Obverse, Lines 5-12. (Lambert 1980, p. 79) A text giving the story known as the Twenty-One "Poultices" (ref...
- physicians would gather the blossoms and preserve them in vinegar for drawing poultices and for bee stings and other insect bites. Descending from China and south...
- are chewed, and the juice applied before fire-walking or fire-eating. A poultice of the pulverized plant is mixed with water and applied to burns. Achnatherum...
- King by forcibly restraining him until he was calm, or applying caustic poultices to draw out "evil humours". In the reconvened Parliament, Fox and Pitt...
- caught in a trapper's snare, and they take care of its wounds. Amy makes a poultice for it and the mare comes to the coral to feed it. After a walk along a...
- Graciliaria were one of the bulk exports of British Malaya to China. Poultices made from agar were also used for swollen knee joints and sores in Jo****...
- aches. It has also been used as an aphrodisiac, mouthwash, tea, and in poultices, tinctures, and infusions. Though not all of its historic uses are scientifically...
- A mustard plaster is a poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the body to stimulate healing. It can be used...
- left by other patients, and crept into the apothecary's room to eat the poultices. Military surgeons could not understand his appetite; Tarrare was ordered...