Definition of plaster

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Plaster (n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer..

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Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..
Cantharidal :: Cantharidal (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold..
Magdaleon :: Magdaleon (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath..
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting..
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..
Epithem :: Epithem (n.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc..
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..
Shinplaster :: Shinplaster (n.) Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar..
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..
Gypsoplast :: Gypsoplast (n.) A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime..
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..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on.
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways..
Brick :: Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them..
Plasterer :: Plasterer (n.) One who makes plaster casts.
Key :: Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..
Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
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