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Topic :: Topic (n.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc..

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..

Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

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

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

Plaister :: Plaister (n.) See Plaster.

Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on.

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

Stick :: Stick (n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner..

Layer :: Layer (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion..

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

Badigeon :: Badigeon (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface..

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..

Casting :: Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold..

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

Ladanum :: Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation..

Elemi :: Elemi (n.) A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

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

Emplastration :: Emplastration (n.) The application of a plaster or salve.

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