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poultice Definition

poul·tice (pōltis)

noun

a hot, soft, moist mass, as of flour, herbs, mustard, etc., sometimes spread on cloth, applied to a sore or inflamed part of the body

Etymology: earlier pultes < ML, thick pap, orig. pl. of L puls: see pulse

transitive verb -·ticed, -·tic·ing

to apply a poultice to

poultice Synonyms

poultice

n.

poultice Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • apply: All the samples were treated at room temperature with a saturated solution of ammonium oxalate in a cellulose poultice applied over Japanese tissue.
  • make: A poultice made from the boiled or roasted fruit will remove burn marks from the skin.
  • use: Mike Sharp Mike, personally I would ensure any paint on the wood was removed using a poultice.
  • try: For areas of extreme inflammation, try a witch hazel poultice or spray if touching cannot be tolerated.
  • prepare: Japanese tissue was placed over the samples and the wallpaper paste poultice prepared to the consistency of a thick gel and applied.
  • remove: Carefully remove the poultice with a plastic or wood spatula and rinse the area with water.

Adjective modifier

  • hot: Calm your senses as your body is soothed by a hot herbal poultice of sweet basil and a warm oil massage.
  • warm: The Black Death was treated by lancing the buboes and applying a warm poultice of butter, onion and garlic.
  • fresh: To make a fresh plantain poultice: Pick a leaf, chew it well and put it on the boo-boo.
  • herbal: Calm your senses as your body is soothed by a hot herbal poultice of sweet basil and a warm oil massage.
  • soothing: Stuart ( 1979 ) also refers to its use as a soothing poultice.

Modifies a noun

  • method: This 2-day meeting will give a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of stone cleaning by means of the latex poultice method.

Noun used with modifier

  • healing: It was used by early South American Indians as a powerful healing poultice.
  • mustard: Thence till three, we labored with mustard poultices, laudanum, soda and ginger - Heavens!
  • linseed: My mother was nearly all night poulticing my father with these flaming linseed poultices.

Preposition: of

  • leave: The crushed seeds rubbed on the forehead cure headache and neuralgia; a poultice of the fruit and/or leaves is similarly used.

Preposition: for

  • bruise: Catnip can be used in a similar way to Comfrey - as an ointment, compress or poultice for bruises and minor wounds.
  • wound: The Kwakiutl chewed the leaves and used them as a poultice for wounds and sores.
  • ulcer: Stuart ( 1979 ) refers to the external use of marshmallow as a poultice for leg ulcers.
  • swelling: It has long been used by the North American Indians as poultices for painful swellings and tumors.

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