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Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..

Mortar :: Mortar (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar.

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

Key :: Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

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

Fresco :: Fresco (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment.

Spatula :: Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette..

Pargeter :: Pargeter (n.) A plasterer.

Partition :: Partition (v.) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions..

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

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..

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..

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

Stereoelectric :: Stereochromy (n.) A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda)..

Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..

Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..

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

Painter :: Painter (n.) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like..

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