pouldron

(PAULDRON.] pôule, s. [Fr.] IMG:content-1411.png:[blocks in formation] Zool.: Octopus vulgar is , the Common Octopus. põult, *pulte, s. [Fr. poulet , dim in. of poule =a hen, from Low Lat. pull a .) A pullet; a young chicken, partridge, grouse, . "Turkey poults, fresh from th' egg, in batter fry'd." King: Art of Cookery. *põult-er, *pult-ar, *pult-er, subst . [English poult; -er.] One who deals in poultry; a poulterer. "It is reported besides of a certain poulter , who had a secret by himself, whereby he could tell surely and never mi e which egge would be a cock chicken, which a hen." -P. Holland: Pliny , bk. x., ch. lv. dozen. poulter's-measure, subst. Measurement by the põul-ter-er, s. [Eng. poulter; -er.] One who deals in poultry or game. põul'-tiçe, *pul-te e, *pul tis, subst . [Latin pultes , nom. pl. of puls =a thick pap, cogn. with Gr. poltos porridge; Fr. pulte .] 1. Ord. Lang.: A soft composition, as of bread, meal, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, or the like; a cataplasm. "Pultises made of green herbs."-Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, p. 380. 2. Pharm .: Poultices are of several kinds; the most important are (1) Cataplasm a ferment i (yeast poultice), formed of yeast, flour, and water heated to 100° F. It is used as a stimulant and antiseptic in cases of indolent ulcers. (2) Cataplasm a lin i (linseed poultice) formed by mixing 4 ozs. of lin "Another [pike], which had run out fifteen yards of seed meal with half a fluid oz. of olive oil, and then line before stopping to pouch. " - Field, Jan. 2, 1886. pouch -běll, s. [Eng. pouch, and bell.] Bot.: The genus Glo ocomia. pouched, adj . [Eng. pouch ; -ed.] Having, or furnished with, a pouch; spec if. furnished with a pouch for carrying the young, as the marsupials, or with cheek-pouches. pouched ant-eaters, s. pl. Zool.: The genus Myrmecobius (q. v.). pouched-badgers, s. pl. Zool.: The family Peramelidæ (q. v.). pouched-frog, s. Zool.: No to trema marsupia tum. pouched-marmots, s. pl. Zool .: The genus Spermophilus. The species are furnished with cheek-pouches, and are natives of this country, the North of Europe, and Northern IMG:content-1412.png:[blocks in formation] gradually adding 10 fluid ozs, of boiling water. It is applied to inflamed and suppurating parts. Cataplasm a sinapis (mustard poultice) made by mixing 2% ozs. of linseed meal with 21⁄2 ozs. of powdered mustard, and then adding to them gradually 10 fluid ozs. of boiling water. It acts as a powerful rubefacient and vesicant, it relieves slight inflammations of serous and mucous surfaces when applied to a neighboring part, as upon the chest in bronchitis and pleurisy; and also relieves congestion of various organs, by drawing the blood to the surface. põul-tiçe, v. t. [POULTICE, s.] To apply a poultice to; to cover with a poultice. *põul-tive, s. [Prob. a misprint for poultice (q. v.).] A poultice. " Poultives allay'd pains."-Temple: Cure of the Gout. põul-try, *pul-trie, s. [Eng. poult ; -ry (=Fr. -erie ).] [PULLET.] Domestic fowls, reared for the table, or for their eggs, feathers, ., as ducks, geese, cocks and hens, .; fowls collectively. ( Dry den: Cock and Fox , 703.)