Poultice

(20), n. [Lat. puls, pultis, a thick pap, Gr. πολτός.] A soft composition of various materials, as meal, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, and the like; a cataplasm.

[imp. & p. p. POULTICED (pōl'tist); p. pr. & vb. n. POULTICING.] To cover with a poultice; to dress with a poultice.