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Plasterer :: Plasterer (n.) One who applies plaster or mortar.

Diachylum :: Diachylum (n.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids..

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..

Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..

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..

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

Pargeting :: Pargeting (n.) Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught..

Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..

Float :: Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

Parget :: Parget (n.) Gypsum or plaster stone.

Ceil :: Ceil (v. t.) To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like..

Fresco :: Fresco (a.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..

Trim :: Trim (n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points..

White-limed :: White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime.

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore..

Mortar :: Mortar (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar.

Darby :: Darby (n.) A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc..

Chunam :: Chunam (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar..

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