Pledget

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small flat absorbent pad used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
  • n. A string of oakum used in calking.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small plug.
  • n. A string of oakum used in calking.
  • n. A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small plug; in surgery, a small flat mass of lint, absorbent cotton, etc., used, for example, to lay over a wound to absorb the matter discharged.
  • n. A string of oakum, such as is used in calking the seams of a vessel.
    • Word Usage
    "(Syrian incense), a fir — gum imported from Scio, is melted and allowed to cool in the form of a pledget."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stupe    dossil    tent    tampion    plug   
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