Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Poultice

Poultice , noun

[Latin puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Greek po`ltos. Compare Pulse seeds.]

A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.
Poultice relaxeth the pores. — Bacon

Poultice , transitive verb

To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.