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Definition of plaster

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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..

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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

Needlework :: Needlework (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

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

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

Plaster :: Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house..

Plasterwork :: Plasterwork (n.) Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments..

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

Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister..

Sparadrap :: Sparadrap (n.) Any adhesive plaster.

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

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

Browning :: Browning (n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster..

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

Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building..

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..

Plastery :: Plastery (a.) Of the nature of plaster.

Plastering :: Plastering (n.) Same as Plaster, n., 2..

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

Mundificant :: Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.

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