plaster
noun
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
plastery
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a word derived from
plaster.
Example Sentences
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Each of Ms. Dyson’s three white-on-gray paintings is 6 feet wide by 8 feet tall and dominated by a subtle circular pattern applied with plastery strokes of a palette knife.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2017
On one shelf, heads fresh from their molds sit white and plastery.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
He took me around quite a bit, and was nice enough, only I couldn't lose him—you know that kind, Jim, always saying tiresome, plastery sort of things.
From The Black Creek Stopping-House by Nellie L. McClung
We carry thick planks, two by two; and then piles of sacks which blind the bearers with a plastery dust and make them reel like masts.
From Light by Fitzwater Wray
Sooner have me as I am than some poet chap with bearsgrease plastery hair, lovelock over his dexter optic.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
