(n)a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc., Syn.plaster, cataplasm
n. [ L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]