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• a variation of plaster.

plaister

American  

[pley-ster] / ˈpleɪ stər /

noun

1. an archaic variant of plaster.

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plaister British  

/ ˈpleɪstə /

noun

1. plaster

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plaister

“Stand still, man, and don’t be such a cur,” cried the vicar, sharply, for he had been applying the plaister to Sim’s slight cut, and the hero had begun to howl dismally.

From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

"Some man or other must present wall," and, "let him have some plaister, or some lome, or some rough-cast about him to signify wall."

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Sir John Barrow

This was surely more than both plaister and horse were worth!

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

I never knew such a surprizing thing, it grew better and better every day, and at last was healed without any plaister.

From Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft

He wore a large plaister over one of his eyes, whilst the look of the other was bold and sharp.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff