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

Plasterly :: Plasterly (a.) Resembling plaster of Paris.

Mundificant :: Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.

Topic :: Topic (n.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc..

Gum Ammoniac :: Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters..

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..

Spatula :: Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette..

Ground :: Ground (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural..

Elemi :: Elemi (n.) A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters..

Malaxation :: Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.

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..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment.

Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster..

Float :: Float (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.

Laying :: Laying (n.) The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.

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

Sparadrap :: Sparadrap (n.) Any adhesive plaster.

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