Definition of plaster

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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..

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Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
Magdaleon :: Magdaleon (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster..
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..
Gypsoplast :: Gypsoplast (n.) A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime..
Vesicatory :: Vesicatory (n.) A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..
Beplastered :: Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaste.
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..
Emplastration :: Emplastration (n.) The application of a plaster or salve.
Opodeldoc :: Opodeldoc (n.) A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, -- used for external injuries..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Sparadrap :: Sparadrap (n.) Any adhesive plaster.
Topic :: Topic (n.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat..
Bronze :: Bronze (n.) To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals..
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..
Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings..
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..
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