Poultice

Word POULTICE
Character 8
Hyphenation poul tice
Pronunciations /ˈpoʊltɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Poultice"

What do we mean by poultice?

A soft moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other adhesive substance, usually heated, spread on cloth, and applied to warm, moisten, or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body. noun

To apply a poultice to. transitive verb

A soft and usually warm mass of meal, bread, herbs, or the like, used as an emollient application to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. noun

To cover with a poultice; apply poultices to.

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

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

A soft, moist mass applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe. A poultice is usually wrapped in cloth and often warmed before being applied. noun

A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. noun

Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance verb

A soft, moist mass applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe. A poultice is usually wrapped in cloth and often warmed before being applied.

1. Primitive makeshift bandage used to extract puss from a wound 2. Someone who is a complete knob, arsehole etc... The subject is not necessarily always a knob, rather it is normally used to refer to a mate who is being a dick at that particluar time. Urban Dictionary

A very annoying shit Urban Dictionary

Female genitalia applied to a wound, sore, or body part. Urban Dictionary

Medical profession slang for monetary damages sought in malpractice cases, especially those without any apparent injury or disability in the patient. It can also be used for damages sought in civil suits where the obvious intent is to get money for some trivial (often imagined) slight to someone's delicate feelings. Examples include suing a city because you don't like the Christmas display, because someone wouldn't bake you a cake because it's against their own beliefs, or not having a transgender bathroom available for your confused child to use. Almost invariably associated with an AmbulanceChaser, who will usually get the bulk of the money. Urban Dictionary

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The word "poultice" in example sentences

I have heard the term poultice applied to the suet pudding more than once in casual conversations in the exercise ground. ❋ Unknown (1882)

During the second five minutes this belief evaporates, but the poultice is buckled at the back and you can’t get it off. ❋ Unknown (1946)

A poultice is a liquid cleaner or chemical mixed with a white absorbent material to form a paste about the consistency of peanut butter. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

Old country doctors used a device called a poultice to draw out the infectious pus or poison to the surface in a crude but honest attempt to cure. ❋ Michael Caddell (2005)

A poultice is a hot, moist mass of boiled potato, ground flaxseed, powdered fenugreek, or another substance designed to hold prolonged, moist warmth between two layers of linen or coarse cotton cloth. ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

If the knee be bruised as well as cut, a poultice should be applied, and changed two or three times a day; but on no account use gunpowder, which is a favourite remedy for broken knees with ignorant people, as it only irritates the wound. ❋ Jane (1845)

There are a number of mush poultices recommended for different conditions -- boils, felons, etc., but we find the aseptic heating compress to be as effectual as any of these dirty, mush poultices and we suggest that our readers try the boracic-acid poultice which is put on as follows: Over any infected area or abrasion of the skin a thick padding of cotton moistened by a saturated boracic-acid solution is placed. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

My eyes were better now on account of the rest and a snow "poultice" Webb had invented. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

During that first night she says that she prayed to God to know what to do for her wounded boy, and the Lord distinctly whispered to her what kind of poultice to put on the wound and how to treat him. ❋ Nephi Anderson (1894)

The back is laid varnished side downwards and a "poultice" applied as far along the joint as appears necessary. ❋ Horace Petherick (1879)

Also I remember the 'poultice' (hope that is the right spelling). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I repeat, ask a real doctor and not someone who will apply a poultice to your scrotum and chant to rid you of a headache. ❋ Tyler (2009)

We must prepare a poultice, recondite and potent, that will soothe the vast, broiled hides of my beloved elephants. ❋ Tom Bradley (2011)

I've begun to think about the verses and songs that burn my own blood "like a poultice of broken glass." ❋ Tamsin Smith (2011)

Disheveled and deathly pale, his shirt and waistcoat opened to bare his chest, the patient sprawled in a chair as the medical men tried to revive him with smelling salts, water, and wine and to staunch the bleeding by applying a poultice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As Rootler White would say down the [Cavern] Bar Church St [Newry]. In a derogatory tone 'what [r u] onabout ye Poultice' ❋ Barry Hagan (2006)

[Stop] you [fucking] [poultice] ❋ Bigunit304 (2018)

"I went to the doctor about my eye infection." "What did he prescribe?" "A [hair poultice]." "I was feeding oats to a [shetland pony], it felt like my girlfriend's hair poultice." ❋ Fahrvergnügen74 (2010)

"So, you saved [Mrs. Smith's] life, and now she's [suing] you?" "Yeah, somebody convinced her she needed a Green [Poultice]." ❋ Doc Zenon (2016)

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