Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at plaister.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Plaister.
Examples
-
London, when the Buildings were of Wood and Plaister.
-
London, when the Buildings were of Wood and Plaister.
-
Internal organization of which we are all so highly Indebted .... this Statue is to go down to posterity, thousand of Busts will be made from it at Paris either in Terre Cuite, Plaister or Bronse; it cannot therefore resemble too nearly the original. 25
-
Some handsome marble Pillars, and two fine Statues in Plaister of Paris.
-
Plaister of Paris has a vitriolic Acid in it, which attracts the Water from the Air, and operates like watering Plants.
-
Rhenish wine, and twice a day to drink half a quartern thereof at a time: Item a Plaister to be applied to his Stomack; and an unguent for the pit of the Stomack, under the nose, and to chafe the Temples of the head; but most especially to keep a good strengthning diet, &c.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
-
Furniture consists of a Bed, a Plaister-Box and a Looking Glass: and a Pimp to bring in Customers.
-
Plaister of thick Yeast be applied to the Wrist as some have done for an
The London and Country Brewer Anonymous
-
Plaister Cove, and wrapped myself up in my cloak in the stern-sheets of the row-boat to cross the strait, the full Acadian moon, larger than any
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
-
_Plaister or Paster -- Christian Captives -- Members for Calais, &c. _ -- In editing Tyndale's _Pathway_ (_Works_, vol.i. p. 22.), I allowed preceding editors to induce me to print _pastor_, where the oldest authority had _paster_.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.