Definition of "poultices" [poultices]

• Plural form of poultice. (noun)

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• "They make excellent poultices from the bark of the bass and the slippery elm."
• "These folds of cotton material James calls his poultices for drawing the impurities away from the system; they, in the present instance, afford him time to think over the sort of engineering that will task his energies to some extent."
• "“And so,” concluded the pope, “wounds that do not respond to the healing of poultices must be lanced with a blade.”"