poultice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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.
    plaster; cataplasm.
  2. verb dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
    plaster.

WordNet

Poul"tice noun
Etymology
L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Poul"tice transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Poulticed ; present participle & verbal noun Poulticing
Definitions
  1. To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

Webster 1913