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Gypsoplast :: Gypsoplast (n.) A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime..

Roughing-in :: Roughing-in (n.) The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it..

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

Stucco :: Stucco (n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work..

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..

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

Emplaster :: Emplaster (n.) To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.

Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.

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

Cerate :: Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin..

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..

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..

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

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

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