Definition for POUL'TICE

POUL'TICE, n. [It. polta, pap, L. puls, pultis, Gr. πολτος.]

A cataplasm; soft composition of meal, bran, or the like substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, &c. – Bacon.

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