Poultice

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 457

poKtis, n. A soft composition of mollifying or medicinal materials, to be applied to sores, boils, and the like, cataplasm.— [poulticed -ticing.] To cover or dre wit^ a poultice. [F. pulte, L. pidtes, pi. of puis, thick pap, Gr. poltos, porridge.]