Definition of Poulticing

1. poultice [v] - See also: poultice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poulticing

poulette
poulp
poulpe
poulpes
poulps
poult
poulter
poulter's measure
poulterer
poulterers
poulters
poultice
poulticed
poulticelike
poultices
poulticing (current term)
poultries
poultry
poultryman
poultrymen
poultrywoman
poultrywomen
poults
pounce
pounced
pouncer
pouncers
pounces
pouncet
pouncets

Literary usage of Poulticing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"Sometimes prolonged wet poulticing may also be necessary. ... For this reason, poulticing is generally the most effective means of removing stains from ..."

2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"Having explained and illustrated as well as I can, the best method of poulticing in Diptheria and Distemper, I shall proceed to speak more particularly of ..."

3. Lectures on fever: Delivered in the Theatre of the Meath Hospital and County by William Stokes (1876)
"Local bleeding and diligent poulticing are the measures on which reliance is to be placed in the first instance, while everything which might excite ..."

4. Gum-elastic and Its Varieties: With a Detailed Account of Its Applications by Charles Goodyear (1853)
"poulticing socks. Urine bags. Gonorrhea bags. Bed pans. Pessary. Syringes. Bellows syringes. Self-acting syringes. Invalids' cushion. Ventilated water-beds. ..."

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