单词 | pitch-plaster |
释义 | pitch-plastern. Medicine. Now historical. A dressing containing pitch, used as a depilatory. Also: a dressing containing Burgundy pitch, used in the treatment of chest and rheumatic disorders. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > plasters for specific parts liver-paddingc1450 stomacher1577 pitch-cap1589 pitch-plaster1601 pericarpium1663 liver pad1877 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress plasterOE clydec1325 emplastera1382 entretea1400 pottagea1400 poulticea1400 faldellac1400 treatc1400 Gratia Dei?a1425 magdaleon?a1425 strictorya1425 grace of Godc1450 emplastrum?1541 malagma?1541 sparadrap1543 spasmadrap?a1547 plasture?1550 mustard plaster1562 cataplasm1563 oint-plaster1578 quilt1583 compress1599 compression1599 diachylum-plaster1599 pulment1599 pulvinar1599 frontlet1600 sinapism1601 epithemation1615 diapalma1646 opodeldoc1646 attraction1656 treacle plaster1659 melilot emplaster1676 stay1676 oxycroceum1696 melilot plaster1712 adhesive1753 bag1753 mustard poultice1765 soap plaster1789 water dressing1830 poor man's plaster1833 compressor1851 spongiopiline1851 vinegar-poultice1854 water-strapping1854 pitch-plaster1858 jacket poultice1862 mustard leaf1869 mustard paper1874 piline1874 plaster-mull1890 mustard cloth1897 plaster-muslin1899 antiphlogistin1901 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 424 For making of pitch plaisters, to fetch off the haire of mens bodies. 1657 W. Rumsey Organon Salutis xi. 52 The said Pitch plaister, applyed to cover the pans of both knees. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) July xi. 55 Cutting out a Piece of the Scull, and placing it in again with a Pitch Plaister. 1746 S. Mihles Elements Surg. 47 When by the use of the Pitch Plaster, the ulcerated Scab appears clean and free from Hair, it may be anointed with ol. ceræ. 1764 J. Theobald Every Man his own Physician 40 Scald Head. Cover the head with a Pitch plaster spread on leather, and give inwardly, one grain of Calomel. 1849 C. Brontë Let. 15 Jan. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) II. iii. 91 The pains..return..but I combat them steadily with pitch plasters and bran tea. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pitch-plaster, a plaster of Burgundy pitch. 1913 Times 3 Dec. 9/4 There circulated stories of gangs..whose business it was to attack lonely travellers, apply pitch plasters to the mouth and nostrils, strangle their victims, and sell the bodies. 1994 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 23 Nov. Princess Lobkovitz's Plaster..consisted of a very large pitch-plaster, spread upon thick leather, which was intended to cover the stomach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † pitch-plasterv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To apply a pitch-plaster to; to suffocate (a person) with a pitch-plaster. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > plaster or poultice > types of cerecloth1620 opodeldoc1797 mustard-poultice1858 pitch-plaster1860 1860 G. A. Sala Lady Chesterfield's Lett. iv. 66 The infamous Burke..who pitch-plastered people to death..and sold their bodies to the surgeons. 1869 Times 4 Jan. 8/3 Florence..may be set down as a safe place; one is not waited for and despoiled upon the staircase of his own house, as in Rome, or pitch-plastered and garrotted as you used to be in London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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