poultice

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From an alteration of Middle English pultes, from Latin pultes, plural of puls.

NounEdit

poultice (plural poultices)

1. 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.
   • Francis Bacon

     Poultice relaxeth the pores.

SynonymsEdit

• cataplasm

TranslationsEdit

A poultice or plaster

• Bulgarian: компрес (bg) m (kompres)
• Dutch: papomslag n, cataplasma n
• Finnish: haude
• French: cataplasme (fr) m
• Galician: emplasto m, cataplasma f, papuxas f pl
• Greek: κατάπλασμα (el) n (katáplasma)
• Italian: cataplasma m
• Maori: whakapiripiri

• Norman: poussot m (Jersey), vithicatouaithe m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: grøtomslag n
• Portuguese: emplastro (pt), emplasto (pt), cataplasma (pt)
• Russian: припа́рка (ru) f (pripárka)
• Spanish: cataplasma f
• Swedish: grötomslag n, foment, omslag (sv) n

VerbEdit

poultice (third-person singular simple present poultices, present participle poulticing, simple past and past participle poulticed)

1. (transitive) To treat with a poultice.

AnagramsEdit

• epulotic