land plaster

American  

noun

1. finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.

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Etymology

Origin of land plaster

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

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land plaster

Gypsum or land plaster holds ammonia, and is thus of the highest value as a preservative.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous

Gypsum or land plaster has been often used to correct this condition, and frequently with excellent results.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

In nonmetallic products there were displayed garnet, emery, millstones, infusorial earth, mineral paints, graphite, talc, mica, salt, gypsum, land plaster, and plaster of Paris.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

The onion fly may, in part, at least, be abated by the use of equal parts of wood ashes and land plaster dusted very thoroughly on the young plants.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous

To prevent the tar sticking to the hands in planting, dust the nuts with dry wood ashes, land plaster, or fine dry sand.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.