Definition of plaster

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

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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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..
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..
Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
Plaster :: 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..
Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..
Mortar :: Mortar (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar.
Opodeldoc :: Opodeldoc (n.) A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, -- used for external injuries..
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries..
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..
Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like..
Floating :: Floating (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
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..
Plastery :: Plastery (a.) Of the nature of plaster.
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..
Plastering :: Plastering (n.) Same as Plaster, n., 2..
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..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering..
Emplaster :: Emplaster (n.) See Plaster.
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