PLASTER
\plˈastə], \plˈastə], \p_l_ˈa_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of PLASTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
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a 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.
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coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
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cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
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a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
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a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
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any 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 limbs
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dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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apply a heavy coat to
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apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
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affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
By Princeton University
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adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
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a 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.
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coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
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cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
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a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
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a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
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any 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 limbs
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dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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apply a heavy coat to
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apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
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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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To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
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To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
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Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
By Oddity Software
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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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A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
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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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To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
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To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
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Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
By Noah Webster.
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A mixture of lime, sand, and water for coating walls; a cloth coated with a sticky medical substance and applied to some part of the body as a remedy; as a porous plaster: plaster of paris, a paste made of gypsum and water which soon hardens: used for casts, moldings, etc.
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Made of such a pasty substance.
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To overlay or cover with, or as with, a mixture of lime, sand, and water; as, to plaster the wall.
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Plasterer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Plasterer.
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To overlay or treat with plaster; put a plaster on.
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A composition of lime, sand, and water for coating walls.
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Calcined gypsum for making sculptors casts, etc.
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A viscid substance spread upon cloth, for healing purposes.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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Something that can be moulded into figures: a composition of lime, water, and sand for overlaying walls, etc.: (med.) an external application spread on cloth, etc.
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Made of plaster.
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To cover with plaster: to cover with a plaster, as a wound.
By Daniel Lyons
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Kind of mortar for overlaying walls; gypsum; drugs spread on cloth for external use.
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To cover with plaster, or a plaster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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plas't[.e]r, n. 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. made of plaster.--v.t. to cover with plaster: to cover with a plaster, as a wound: to besmear: (fig.) to smooth over.--ns. 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. 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. [A.S. plaster--O. Fr. emplastre--L. emplastrum--Gr. emplastron.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Emplastrum- p. Adhesive, Emplastrum resinae, Sparadrapum adhesivum -p. Adhesive, Baynton's, see Emplastrum resinae-p. Adhesive, of pitch and resins, Emplastrum do pice et resinis glutinans- p. Ammoniacum, Emplastrum ammoniaci-p. Ammoniacum with mercury, Emplastrum ammoniaci cum hydrargyro-p. Aromatic, Emplastrum aromaticum- p. Asafoetida, Emplastrum asafoetidae -p. of Belladonna, Emplastrum belladonnae-p. Blister, Blister -p. Blistering, Emplastrum lyttae-p. of Blistering fly, Emplastrum lyttae -p. Calefacient, Emplastrum calefaciens-p. of Cantharides, compound, Emplastrum lyttae compositum- p. Cephalic, Emplastrum picis comp. -p. Corn, Sparadrapum viride- p. Corn. Kennedy's, Sparadrapum viride-p. Court, English, see Ichthyocolla, Sparadrapum adhesivum- p. Cummin, Emplastrum cumini-p. Defensive, Sparadrapum Galteri-p. Diachylon, Emplastrum plumbi -p. Fly, Emplastrum lyttae- p. Frankincense, Emplastrum thuris-p. Galbanum, Emplastrum galbani-p. Galbanum, compound, Emplastrum galbani compositum-p. Gum, Emplastrum gummosum- p. of Gum-resins. Emplastrum cum gummi-resinis-p. Hemlock, Emplastrum cicutae -p. Iron, Emplastrum ferri- p. Isinglass, see Sparadrapum adhaesivum-p. Issue, Sparadrapum pro fonticulis-p. Lead, Emplastrum plumbi-p. Machine, Sparadrapier-p. Mercurial, Emplastrum hydrargyri-p. of Mercury, compound, Emplastrum hydrargyri compositum- p. Mustard, Cataplasma sinapis-p. Nuremberg, Emplastrum Norimbergense-p. Opium, Emplastrum opii-p. Pitch, see Depilatory -p. Pitch, comp. Emplastrum picis compositum -p. Resin, Emplastrum resinae -p. of Red oxide of iron, Emplastrum oxidi ferri rubri-p. Soap, Emplastrum saponis-p. of Spanish flies, compound, Emplastrum lyttae compositum- p. Sticking, Emplastrum resinae -p. Strengthening, Emplastrum ferri, Emplastrum oxidi ferri rubri- p. Warm, Emplastrum calefaciens-p. Wax, Emplastrum cerae.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] A material for covering walls; soft when applied, but hard when dry. P. of Paris (or simply P.), calcium sulphate (see Calcium), in making rigid casings (P. splints, P. jackets) for fractures and deformities; mostly applied by means of a bandage impregnated with p. of Paris (P. bandage) and moistened.
By Alexander Duane
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Curative application consisting of some substance spread upon muslin &c. & capable of adhering at the temperature of the body, as COURT, MUSTARD, sticking, -p.; soft plastic mixture, esp. of lime, sand, & hair, for spreading on walls &c. to form smooth surface; p. of Paris, fine white p. of gypsum used for making moulds& as cement &c. Hence plastery a. [old English]
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Cover (wall &c.) with plaster or the like, whence plasterer n.; coat, bedaub; (fig.) load to excess (with praise &c.); apply medical plaster to, (facet.) give compensation for (blow, wound); stick, fix, (thing) like plaster upon surface; treat (wine) with gypsum &c. to neutralize acidity.
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A medicinal preparation for external use in which the ingredients are made into a tenacious mass of harder consistence than a cerate, having as the base an insoluble lead soap or a mixture of resin with fat or wax, and spread upon skin, linen, muslin, or paper.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].