plaister

American  

[pley-ster] / ˈpleɪ stər /

noun

1. an archaic variant of plaster.

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plaister British  

/ ˈpleɪstə /

noun

1. plaster

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Example Sentences

At present they have merely a model of plaister upon which the bronze coating is to be wrought, for the whole is to be in bronze with gilt trappings.

From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Stanley, Edward

From all these figures the iconoclasts had smitten the hands upraised in prayer, and they have been replaced by plaister hands folded on the bosom.

From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

And then the first verses of the first chapter of James fairly laid a plaister on the wounds of her heart.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

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

"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 Barrow, John, Sir