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mustarding

mustarding noun: the medicinal use of mustard plasters.

Noun

mustarding (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The medicinal use of mustard plasters.
    • 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.1875, American Institute of Homeopathy, Transactions of the session of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, volume 27

Origin of mustarding

From mustard + -ing.

Questions about mustarding

What does mustarding mean?
Mustarding means the medicinal use of mustard plasters.
What part of speech is mustarding?
Mustarding is a noun.

Words near mustarding in the dictionary

  1. mustarded
  2. mustarder
  3. mustarders
  4. mustardier
  5. mustardiest
  6. mustarding
  7. mustardise
  8. mustardize
  9. mustardless
  10. mustardlike
  11. mustards

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