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Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

Plaster :: 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..

Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..

Parget :: Parget (v. t.) To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses..

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

Marmoratum Opus :: Marmoratum opus () A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish..

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

Plastering :: Plastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plaste.

Trullization :: Trullization (n.) The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.

Pendant :: Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features..

Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..

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

Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water..

Pargeter :: Pargeter (n.) A plasterer.

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

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..

Beplastered :: Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaste.

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..

Beplaster :: Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.

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..

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