poultice

Examples

• All

• "Barbara's got an arnica poultice she says will help my eye," he said.

  Fiction book (1994)

• You know, I actually have a poultice I make, using maize and herbs.

  Grown Ups (2010)

• You wants a poultice on that, master.

  Jefferson in Paris (1995)

• "I will be fine as soon as I can bind a poultice on it.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A burdock poultice for your head.

  Restoration (1995)

• Leave it on all night so the poultice has a chance to pull the toxins out of the feet.

  Blog text (15)

• I could soothe it with a poultice.

  Rooster Cogburn (1975)

• I made an onion poultice for her chest, though we can little spare the onion.

  Fiction book (1999)

• And then gruffly, "I had best make a poultice for that wrist of yours."

  Fiction book (1993)

• To ease the pain in his ankle, she applied a warm poultice made of herbs and wrapped it in a cloth.

Synonyms

P

plaster

vspoultice

• Archaic

3 6.5

A hot soft material put on the skin to reduce pain or swelling

focuses on a soft moist plant or meal mass applied hot to ease soreness

C

cataplasm

vspoultice

• Archaic

1 9.9

A soft warm paste put on the skin to reduce pain or swelling

is the identical treatment under the common name

How Soothing

poultice

• Specialized

8 8.4

stupe

• Archaic

9.9

compress

• Specialized

9 5.2

cloth

215 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology