a. and sb. Med. [f. Gr. έπίπαστ-ος sprinkled over (f. έπιπάσσειν, f. ἐπί upon + πάσσειν to sprinkle) + -IC. Cf. F. épipastique.]
A. adj.
1860. Mayne, Exp. Lex., Epipastic Silk, a term for vesicatory silk.
B. sb. A blister or vesicatory.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 44. By plentiful … Epipasticks … appease the angry rage of the Spirits.
