Definition of plaster

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Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..

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Chunam :: Chunam (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar..
Magdaleon :: Magdaleon (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster..
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Floating :: Floating (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore..
Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..
Plaister :: Plaister (n.) See Plaster.
White-limed :: White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint..
Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..
Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster..
Plasterwork :: Plasterwork (n.) Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments..
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..
Beplaster :: Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
Trullization :: Trullization (n.) The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.
Plasterly :: Plasterly (a.) Resembling plaster of Paris.
Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
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