(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:14

Pen"i*cil (?), n. [L. penicillum, penicillus, a painter's brush, a roil of lint, a tent for wounds.] mented.

A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

 

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