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Definition of Plaister

Plaister
Plaister Plais"ter, n. [Obs.] See Plaster.
plaister
Plaster Plas"ter, n. [AS., a plaster (in sense 1), fr. L. emplastrum, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to daub on, stuff in; ? in + ? to mold: cf. OF. plastre a plaster (in sense 2), F. pl[^a]tre. Cf. Plastic, Emplaster, Piaster.] [Formerly written also plaister.] 1. (Med.) 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. 2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar. 3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer. Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold. Plaster of Paris. [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris.] (Chem.) Anhydrous calcium sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts, moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to any plaster stone or species of gypsum. Plaster of Paris bandage (Surg.), a bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint.

Meaning of Plaister from wikipedia

- Chapel Plaister /ˈtʃæpəl ˈplɑːstər/ is a hamlet in west Wiltshire, England. It lies on the B3109 road between Corsham and Bradford on Avon, about 1 mile...
- The garden failed to produce much serious growth. Forsyth created a 'plaister' in 1798 made of lime, dung, ashes, soapsuds, urine, and other various...
- with ricks and plaister them with clay. 5. To lath and plaster partitions of the house with clay and lime, and to fill, lath, and plaister them with lime...
- The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League...
- 2015 The Rezort Melanie Gibbs 2017 OtherLife Ren Amari 2018 Riot Robyn Plaister TV film 2020 Gretel & Hansel Witch 2021 The Walk Hero Short The Drover's...
- Box Hill; Hazelbury manor; and the hamlets of Alcombe, Blue Vein, Chapel Plaister, Ditteridge, Henley, Kingsdown, Middlehill, and Wadswick. To the east the...
- derivation from pleg + stowe could apply equally to all places named Plaistow, Plaister, etc. Plaistow in Es**** is reported as appearing as Playstowe in the county's...
- The New Norfolk District Football Club, nicknamed The Eagles, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in...
- Cromwell's head—not his picture—not his bust—nothing of stone or marble or plaister [sic] of Paris, but his real head". Coinciding with the release of his...
- ****wage the sickness of stomach, being oftentimes thereunto applied as a plaister preservative, or bourne in the bosum of the diseased and weak person, which...