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poultice

[pohl-tis] / ˈpoʊl tɪs /


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Dampen the stone, apply the poultice a half-inch thick, then cover it with plastic and tape down the edges.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

In that case, Forguson recommends applying a broad-spectrum poultice.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022

She suggests making a violet leaf infusion or poultice for soothing an eye irritation or injury.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2021

Benrejdal later returned and applied a make-shift poultice of takeaway leftovers to the arm.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2017

The kind that make a good poultice are the smaller size.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

With great technical brilliance, they poulticed inflamed crises again & again with the salve of compromise.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sting was poulticed later by inviting the defendant to attend Texas City's fair next week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this case the ordinary shoe is first removed, and the foot poulticed for twenty-four hours to render the horn soft.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks

The nurse was fetched; the doctor was sent for; her hand was poulticed, and long before her usual time she was put to bed.

From The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

I have poulticed his nose, as she directed.”

From Chivalry by James Branch Cabell

I don’t possess the patience for 10 days of poulticing the patio, so I turned to Iron Out, a plant-safe liquid containing oxalic acid.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

If the New Deal party could be cured of its sickness through adroit poulticing, Jimmy Byrnes was the ideal physician.

From Time Magazine Archive

The spinal rubbing and poulticing with bran will also be effective for this.

From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk

At last, following the direction of a neighbour, he found her poulticing an old lady, for she was a nurse.

From A Mummer's Tale by Charles E. Roche

This will often yield to the spinal rubbing and poulticing mentioned above.

From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk




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