Plaister

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plaister \Plais"ter\, n. [Obs.]
     See {Plaster}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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     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}.
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     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.
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     {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.
  
     {Plaster stone}, any species of gypsum. See {Gypsum}.
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