Plastering

3 definitions found

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

  Plastering \Plas"ter*ing\, n.
     1. Same as {Plaster}, n., 2.
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     2. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
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     3. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plastering
       n : the application of plaster [syn: {daubing}]