Mustarding

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The medicinal use of mustard plasters. archaic, uncountable

    "When we consider the results the allopaths have obtained from purging, mustarding, poulticing, and blistering, disastrous enough, we cannot help feeling surprise that Dr. Hall obtained such good results as he did."

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"When we consider the results the allopaths have obtained from purging, mustarding, poulticing, and blistering, disastrous enough, we cannot help feeling surprise that Dr. Hall obtained such good results as he did."

Etymology

From mustard + -ing.

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mustard plaster

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