† sticking medicinen.Obsolete a paste containing one or more sticky ingredients, used as a poultice or depilatory, or to attach a dressing or bandage to the skin.
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1671 W. SalmonSynopsis Medicinæiii. xxvii. 471 Dropax, is a sticking Medicine, so called from Pitch, used with other sticking ingredients.
1717 H. Banyer tr. J. Van Horne Micro-techneii. 155 It requires a straiter Bandage, and the Use of more powerful sticking Medicines.