Plaster

4 definitions found

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

  Plaster \Plas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plastered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Plastering}.] [Cf. OF. plastrer to plaster (in sense
     2), F. pl[^a]trer.]
     1. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
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     2. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and
        walls of a house.
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     3. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of;
        to hide, as with a covering of plaster. --Bale.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plaster
       n 1: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens
            into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
       2: 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 [syn: {plaster of
          Paris}]
       3: 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. [syn:
          {poultice}, {cataplasm}]
       4: a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling);
          "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: {plasterwork}]
       5: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds [syn: {adhesive
          plaster}, {sticking plaster}]
       v 1: cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The
            demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
       2: affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the
          wall"
       3: apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
       4: apply a heavy coat to [syn: {plaster over}, {stick on}]
       5: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: {daub}]
       6: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: {poultice}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  179 Moby Thesaurus words for "plaster":
     Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Portland cement, Spackle, adherent,
     adhesive, adhesive tape, adobe, application, ashlar, band, bandage,
     bandaging, barnacle, bathe, bedaub, besmear, binder, booze up,
     boozify, brace, bramble, brick, bricks and mortar, brier, bulldog,
     burr, butter, care for, cast, cataplasm, cement, chinking, clay,
     clinker, coat, composition, compress, concrete, cotton,
     court plaster, cover, covering materials, cravat, crock, crush,
     cure, dab, daub, decal, decalcomania, dental pulp, diagnose,
     doctor, drag, dress, dressing, dub, elastic bandage, epithem,
     equalize, even, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flatten,
     flooring, flux, four-tailed bandage, fuddle, gauze, give care to,
     glue, grade, grease, grout, gunk, harrow, heal, lath and plaster,
     lay, leech, level, limpet, lint, lubricate, mash, masonry, massage,
     mastic, minister to, molasses, mortar, mow, mucilage, mush, nurse,
     oil, operate on, overlay, overtake, paper pulp, parget, paste,
     patching plaster, pavement, paving, paving material, physic,
     pickle, pith, plane, planish, plaster cast, plasters, pledget,
     pollute, porridge, poultice, prestressed concrete, prickle,
     pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, purge, rag pulp, remedy,
     remora, roller, roller bandage, roofage, roofing, roughcast, rub,
     rubber bandage, sauce, shave, siding, size, sling, smarm, smash,
     smear, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smudge, souse,
     spackling compound, splint, sponge, spread, squash, stew, sticker,
     stone, strap, stucco, stupe, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp,
     superimpose, swack, syrup, tampon, tape, tent, thorn, tile, tiling,
     tipsify, tourniquet, treat, triangular bandage, walling,
     white lead, wood pulp