poultice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poultice	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for poultice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poultice n 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. Synonym(s): poultice, cataplasm, plaster v dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Poultice relaxeth the pores.[b8] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poultice \Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poulticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poulticing}.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.