plaister
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I'll plaister the cut with lily leaves and vinegar, and I warrant you'll be well in a trice.'
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma
Where is the plaister for this hideous boil?
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
When the school-bell cut short our strife, Miss P. gave both of us a plaister; And in a week became the wife Of Horace Nibbs, the writing-master.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
Kattie is a kind of drawing or ripening plaister made in the following manner.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
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 Wollstonecraft, Mary
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