poultice
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Dampen the stone, apply the poultice a half-inch thick, then cover it with plastic and tape down the edges.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Whatever he’s suffering from, thank goodness the Grand Maester was around to reject the maester intern’s herbal poultice in favor of another leeching.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
In that case, Forguson recommends applying a broad-spectrum poultice.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
She suggests making a violet leaf infusion or poultice for soothing an eye irritation or injury.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2021
Shifa was mixing up a poultice as a boy sat talking to her.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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With great technical brilliance, they poulticed inflamed crises again & again with the salve of compromise.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The sting was poulticed later by inviting the defendant to attend Texas City's fair next week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The action is usually sufficient in three days, and the parts are then poulticed until the slough comes away, after which a simple dressing is employed.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The foot should be poulticed for several days with hot antiseptic dressings, and thorough cleansing of the infected parted brought about.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
She looked as dignified as her poulticed face would allow.
From The Pot of Gold And Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
I don’t possess the patience for 10 days of poulticing the patio, so I turned to Iron Out, a plant-safe liquid containing oxalic acid.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
If the New Deal party could be cured of its sickness through adroit poulticing, Jimmy Byrnes was the ideal physician.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He is in bed now, and his ma is poulticing him, and she says he will be out about the last of next week.
From The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
No poulticing is needed when this is well done.
From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk
When the burn is extensive and deep sloughing occurs, the parts should be treated, like other deep wounds, by poulticing, astringent washes, etc.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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