Definition of plaster

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Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..

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Screed :: Screed (n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..
Ground :: Ground (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural..
Plasterly :: Plasterly (a.) Resembling plaster of Paris.
Chunam :: Chunam (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar..
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries..
Stuccoer :: Stucco (v. t.) To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide..
Plastering :: Plastering (n.) A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
Float :: Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings..
Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore..
Plastering :: Plastering (n.) The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
Painter :: Painter (n.) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like..
Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..
Cantharidal :: Cantharidal (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster..
Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
Laying :: Laying (n.) The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
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