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Emplastic :: Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications..

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

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

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear..

Vesicatory :: Vesicatory (n.) A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

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

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..

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..

Badigeon :: Badigeon (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint..

Pargeter :: Pargeter (n.) A plasterer.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Court-plaster :: Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin..

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

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

Pargetory :: Pargetory (n.) Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster..

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