PLEDGET

Definition: PLEDGET

PLEDGET

Noun

1. 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.

2. A string of oakum used in calking.

3. A small plug.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Pledget \Pledg"et\, noun. [Prov. E., small plug.]. (references)

"PLEDGET" is a common misspelling or typo for: pledge, pledged.

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Remedy

Compress, pledget; bandage; (support).

Stopper

Noun: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet.

Crosswords: PLEDGET

Arabic 

‏ضمانة (guaranty, indemnity, security, sponsor, surety). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тампон (ink pad, pad, sponge, tampon, tent, wad), компрес (application, compress, fomentation, pack, packing sheet). (various references)

Danish

pelotte (compress, pad, pelotte, sponge, swab, tampon), visker (compress, pad, sponge, squeegee, swab, tampon), tampon (plug, tampon), kroelle (compress, pad, sponge, swab, tampon), kompres (compress, Esmarch tourniquet, pack, packing, pad, sponge, swab, tampon, tourniquet). (various references)

Dutch

pelotte (compress, pad, pelotte, sponge, swab, tampon), wattenprop (compress, cotton pad, cotton wadding, cotton wool ball, pad, pledget of wadding, plug of wadding, sponge, swab, tampon), tampon (plug, tampon), compres (compress, pack, packing, pad). (various references)

Finnish

vanutuppo (cotton-wool plug, swab of cotton). (various references)

French

tampon (plug), compresse. (various references)

German

Packung (ballast, box, compress, gasket, pack, package, packet, pitching, poultice), Tupfer (dab, speckle, swab, wadding, whirl), Tampon (plug, tampon), Kompresse (compress), Bausch (ball, bustle, pleat, puff, swelling, wad), Auflage (circulation, coating, condition, edition, impost, impression, layer, lining, number of copies, overlay, plating, requirement, rest, run, stipulation). (various references)

Greek 

κομπρέσσα (compress, pad, sponge, swab, tampon), σπόγγος (compress, pad, sponge, swab, tampon), ξαντό πληγήσ, μάκτρον (compress, pad, sponge, swab, tampon), επίθεμα (application). (various references)

Hungarian

gézcsomó (wick). (various references)

Indonesian

sumbat (cork, gag, stopper, tampion, wadding). (various references)

Italian

tampone (buffer, pad, plug, stopper, swab, swob, tampon, tent, wad). (various references)

Manx

bulkeen. (various references)

Pig Latin

edgetplay.(various references)

Portuguese

pequena compressa, compressa (dressing), chumaço (dossil, padding, wad, wadding). (various references)

Romanian

compresã (bolster, compress, stupe). (various references)

Russian 

тампон (dossil, tampon), компресс (compress, stupe). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

obloga (revetment). (various references)

Spanish

tapón (cap, capful, cover, plug, stopper, stopple, tampion, tampon, wad, wadding), escobillón (swab, swob), compresa (compress, envelope, pack, sanitary napkin), almohadilla (inkpad, pad, pound, small cushion). (various references)

Swedish

tampong (swab, tampon), kompress (compress). (various references)

Vietnamese 

miếng gạc. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "PLEDGET": pledgets. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pelted, pledge.

-2 letters: glede, gleed, gleet, ledge.

-3 letters: deep, deet, dele, delt, edge, geed, geld, gelt, gled, glee, leet, lept, peed, peel, pele, pelt, pled, teed, teel, tele.

-4 letters: dee, del, eel, eld, ged, gee, gel, get, led, lee, leg, let, ped, pee, peg, pet, ted, tee, teg, tel.

-5 letters: de, ed, el, et, pe.

+1 letter: pledgets.

+2 letters: depleting.

+4 letters: pedestaling, telegraphed.

+5 letters: epiglottides, glycopeptide, nondepleting, pedestalling.