plaister
Americannoun
noun
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Calcareous earth, united with vitriolic acid, makes gypsum; and this substance pounded and exposed to heat, parts with its water, and is then called plaister of Paris.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
A plaister cast kept here, and said to have been moulded from the King's face after death, is, in reality, a cast from his effigies on the tomb at Gloucester.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
This was surely more than both plaister and horse were worth!
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
But if all were thus wise you see how soon the world would be unpeopled, and what need there would be of a second Prometheus, to plaister up the decayed image of mankind.
From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius
Lint assists, but when Nature has formed a plaister over a wound it should not be interfered with or washed; leave it to come off of itself.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George
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