plaister
an archaic variant of plaster.
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How to use plaister in a sentence
A huge piece of black court plaister hid the wound on his swollen lip, a cup of tisane stood upon the table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsMrs. Boswell at that time sent for Adam Gillies, mason, to repair some plaister which was broken.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) | John Hill BurtonIn which cure to attract the knife to a convenient situation, there was applied a plaister made up with the powder of Loadstone.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) | Thomas BrowneOne of his eyes was closed up, and had a French plaister across it, but the other stared and rolled enough for two.
Athelstane Ford | Allen UpwardThe buildings are of stone, brick, and lath and plaister; weather-boarded; and the houses are durable.
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) | David Dickinson Mann
British Dictionary definitions for plaister
/ (ˈpleɪstə) /
Scot plaster
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