plaister

American

[play-ster] / ˈpleɪ stər /

noun

an archaic variant of plaster.

plaister British

/ ˈpleɪstə /

noun

plaster

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plaister

Where is the plaister for this hideous boil?

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn

If a real leaf cannot be obtained of any particular flower, they can be modelled from a plaister mould, which I shall be happy to furnish.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Emma Peachey

Kattie is a kind of drawing or ripening plaister made in the following manner.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Carl von Linn?

They found clothing for me in which I looked like a marshman, and put more plaister on my face, the better to disguise me.

From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton

"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

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