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Definition of "mustard plaster" []

  • A medicinal plaster made with a pastelike mixture of powdered black mustard, flour, and water, used especially as a counterirritant. Also called sinapism. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mustard plaster" in a sentence
  • "Page 72 altogether, this morning Mother sent for a physician, he came said the calomel that Father took early this morning by Mr. Duvall's advice was quite right, prescribed more calomel and a mustard plaster and would return this evening, he has just left, says that Father will be able to travel by twelve o'clock tomorrow provided inflammation did not take place, as yet there is no symptom of it."
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