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Recent Examples of poultice
This time, Cohoon recommends adding a few drops of hydrogen peroxide instead of water and letting the poultice sit for a few hours.
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Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Through the use of poultices or potions, its sap was used in the treatment of fevers and some skin diseases (Note: a treatment no longer in use).
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Apply the poultice to the stain.
—Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2025
In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.
—Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
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Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Through the use of poultices or potions, its sap was used in the treatment of fevers and some skin diseases (Note: a treatment no longer in use).
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Apply the poultice to the stain.
—Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2025
In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.
—Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poultice
plaster
Noun
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That, with a lime-wash plaster on accent walls, breathes and softens the acoustics of a small footprint.—
Amy Kunst,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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And the galleries as a whole are meant to have a permanence akin to The Met’s Egyptian galleries or its Greek and Roman ones, according to Bolton, who highlighted the materiality, plaster walls, beams and lighting that also project onto the ceiling for a cloud-like feel.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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“Poultice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poultice. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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