Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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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