1. poultice - Noun
2. poultice - Verb
A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.
To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA feather of a hawk was bound Bound around my neck A poultice made of fig The eager little vultures pecked. Joanna Newsom
Patience is poultice for all wounds. Irish Proverb
An additional problem was the Boers' use of traditional medicines like a cow-dung poultice for skin diseases and crushed insects for convulsions.sfn Coupled with a shortage of modern medical facilities, many of the internees died. Source: Internet
Her face, which was red and spotted, was rendered something frightful by her negligent dress, and the foot affected was tied up with a poultice and some nasty bandages. Source: Internet
Her choices: A disgusting, smelly poultice concocted from "yarbs" by an authentic Ozarks granny woman or a no-strings affair with the community's most eligible man. Source: Internet
The vulva is closed with surgical thread, agave or acacia thorns, or covered with a poultice such as raw egg, herbs and sugar. Source: Internet