![]() ![]() Plas′tery, like plaster, containing plaster.- Plaster cast, a copy of an object got by pouring a mixture of plaster of Paris and water into a mould formed from the object Plaster of Paris, a kind of gypsum, originally found near Paris, used in building and in making casts of figures Porous plaster, a plaster for application to the body, full of small holes, which prevent it from wrinkling. Plas′terer, one who plasters, or one who works in plaster Plas′tering, the art of covering the internal faces of walls, the partitions and ceiling of a building, with plaster: a covering of plaster: the plasterwork of a building Plas′ter-stone, gypsum.- adj. to cover with plaster: to cover with a plaster, as a wound: to besmear: ( fig.) to smooth over.- ns. something that can be moulded into figures: a composition of lime, water, and sand for overlaying walls, &c.: ( med.) a medicinal agent consisting of an adhesive substance spread upon cloth or leather, so as to stick to the part of the body to which it is applied.- adj. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a houseįig.: To smooth over to cover or conceal the defects of to hide, as with a covering of plasterĮtymology: Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore ![]() See MortarĬalcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc. as, a porous plaster sticking plasterĪ composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. 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. Webster Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Īn external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. The brain is grown more dry in its consistence, and receives not much more impression, than if you wrote with your finger on a plaster’d wall. With a cement of flour, whites of eggs and stone powdered, piscina mirabilis is said to have the walls plastered. ![]() The harlot’s cheek beautied with plast’ring art.Ī heart settled upon a thought of understanding, is as a fair plastering on the wall. Plaster you o’er, that one infect another Plasters, that had any effect, must be by dispersing or repelling the humours.Įtymology: plastrer, Fr. It not only moves the needle in powder, but likewise, if incorporated with plasters, as we have made trial. Seeing the sore is whole, why retain we the plaster? Hook. Maps are hung up so high, to cover the naked plaster or wainscot. The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung. In the worst inn’s worst room, with mat half-hung, In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote upon the plaster of the wall. Substance made of water and some absorbent matter, such as chalk or lime well pulverised, with which walls are overlaid or figures cast. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: plastre, Fr. "She plastered warnings all over the wall"ĭress by covering with a therapeutic substance ![]() "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters" "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" Plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster verbĬover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on #Plaster rings definition skin#Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Ī mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water hardens into a smooth solid used to cover walls and ceilingsĪny of several gypsum cements a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbsĪ medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.Ī surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) ![]()
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