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to poultice

to poultice

9.2
To cover a sore with a warm soft mass to reduce pain and swelling
  • verb
  • /ˈpoʊltɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aplicar cataplasma
  • To soothe the rash, apply a poultice made from crushed herbs and warm water.

Examples

  • Doctors recommend that you poultice the sore with a warm, moist cloth to help reduce swelling.

  • By the second night, Nola scratched herself bloody and had to be painted and poulticed up.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • - Father was up all night poulticing it.

    This Happy Breed (1944)

  • Hair and winter serge and the crust in the inkwells stifled the soft early summer burrowing white tunnels under the trees in the street, poulticing the windows with sweet, sickly heat.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • After he sprained his ankle, she used a clean cloth to poultice the area and relieve his pain.

Synonyms

to plaster
vsto poultice
  • UK
5 3.6

To put a hard cast on a broken bone to keep it still

applies a soft moist mass that soothes inflammation rather than immobilizes
to foment
vsto poultice
  • Archaic
9.9

To put a warm cloth or warm water on a sore part to reduce pain

applies a soft moist mass heated and medicated for pain relief

How Soothing

to poultice
  • Specialized
9.2
fomentation
  • Specialized
9.9
compress
  • Specialized
9 5.2
dressing
3 2.8

Surface Forms

poultice infinitive
poulticed past
poulticed past participle
poulticing present participle
poultices third person singular

Etymology

Poultice (verb) comes from the same Latin pultes 'porridge', since people used warm mush to treat injuries. So to poultice a wound is to cover it with a soft, warm mass to help reduce pain and swelling.