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1 Poultice -- rank: 1000

Poultice definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary POULTICE, n. [L. puls, pultis.] A cataplasm; a soft composition of ... be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc. POULTICE, v.t. To apply a cataplasm to. WordNet (r) 3 ... skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] v 1: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English pultes ... II. transitive verb (-ticed; -ticing) Date: 1730 to apply a poultice to Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. a soft ...

2 Cataplasm -- rank: 526

Cataplasm definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CATAPLASM, n. A poultice; a soft and moist substance to be applied to some ... skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle French cataplasme ... kata- + plassein to mold — more at plaster Date: circa 1540 poultice Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cataplasm Cat"a*plasm, n. [L ... substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. --Dunglison. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Poultice.

3 Poulticing -- rank: 405

Poulticing definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Poultice Poul"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

4 Plaster -- rank: 405

... skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] 4: a surface of hardened plaster (as on ... daub] 6: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from ... pickle, pith, plane, planish, plaster cast, plasters, pledget, pollute, porridge, poultice, prestressed concrete, prickle, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, purge, rag ...

5 Poulticed -- rank: 405

Poulticed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Poultice Poul"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

6 Foment -- rank: 320

... ME f. F fomenter f. LL fomentare f. L fomentum poultice, lotion f. fovere heat, cherish Webster's 1913 Dictionary Foment ... nettle, numb, nurse, nurture, overexcite, overheat, pad, palliate, perturbation, pique, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, preheat, promote, prompt, provoke ...

7 Topic -- rank: 320

... a particular part of the body, as a plaster, a poultice, a blister and the like. TOP'IC WordNet (r) 3 ... principle of arrangement. 5. ( Med. ) External local remedy, plaster, blister, poultice, vesicatory, epispastic. Moby Thesaurus action, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument ...

8 Sinapism -- rank: 320

... apply a mustard blister, fr. ???? mustard.] (Med.) A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

9 Poultive -- rank: 320

Poultive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary POULTIVE, for poultice, is not used. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Poultive Poul"tive, n. A poultice. [Obs.] --W. Temple.

10 Epithem -- rank: 320

... Gr. to place.] In pharmacy, a kind of fomentation or poultice, to be applied externally to strengthen the part. Any external ... application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

11 Relieve -- rank: 202

... moderate, mollify, numb, off-load, pad, palliate, pinch-hit, plunder, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, proffer aid, protect, put ...

12 Reduce -- rank: 202

... pepsinate, peroxidize, phosphatize, play down, plummet, plunge, poll, pollard, polymerize, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, powder, press down, prostrate ...

13 PLASTER -- rank: 202

... lxxxiii). Dioscorides also recommends figs with other substances as a poultice in some skin diseases.

14 practise -- rank: 202

... spelling. Thus we have notice (n. & v.), noticed, noticing, noticer; poultice (n. & v.); apprentice (n. & v.); office (n. & v.), officer (n ...

15 Purge -- rank: 202

... pension, pension off, pensioning off, physic, pick out, plaster, poison, poultice, pumice stone, purgation, purgative, purge away, purging, purification, purifier, purify ...