diachylum
- a variation of diachylon.
Example Sentences
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They rubbed his hump with camphorated grease, placed there for twenty minutes a mustard poultice, then covered it over with diachylum, and, in order to make sure of his coming back, gave him his breakfast.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
And big Jan stole down the stairs gently and reverently, like a true sailor; and took his diachylum, and went off to plaster his shins.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles
"Some diachylum plaster, Mr. Beer?" says Heale, meekly.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles
On the fourth day, the guard brought him diachylum from the apothecary in Oslovitsi; Zolzik spread it on a cloth, applied it, and how wonderful were the effects of this medicament!
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
We shaved the surrounding parts; and after we had washed and stanched the wound, we melted some tallow and spread it over some lint, which we adapted to the swelling with strips of diachylum.
From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave
