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plasterlike

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plas⋅ter

  [plas-ter, plah-ster]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. powdered gypsum.
3. plaster of Paris.
4. a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
6. to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
7. to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
8. to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
9. to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
10. to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively: a wall plastered with posters.
11. Informal.
a. to defeat decisively; trounce; drub.
b. to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
c. to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE < ML plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aph. var. of L emplastrum < Gk émplastron salve, alter. of émplaston, neut. of émplastos daubed; see em- 2 , -plast

Related forms:
plas⋅ter⋅er, noun
plas⋅ter⋅i⋅ness, noun
plas⋅ter⋅like, plas⋅ter⋅y, adjective
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Word Origin & History

plaster  (n.)
O.E. plaster "medicinal application," from V.L. plastrum, shortened from L. emplastra "a plaster" (in both the medical and building senses), from Gk. emplastron "salve, plaster" (used by Galen instead of more usual emplaston), from neut. of emplastos "daubed on," from en- "on" + plastos "molded," from plassein "to mold" (see plasma). The building sense is first recorded in Eng. c.1300, via O.Fr. plastre. Meaning "to bomb (a target) heavily" is first recorded 1915. Plaster of Paris (c.1462) originally was made from the extensive gypsum deposits of Montmartre in Paris. Plastered "drunk" is attested from 1912, perhaps from plaster in sense of "to apply a remedy to, to soothe," hence "to give compensation" (1891).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: plas·ter
Pronunciation: 'plas-t&r
Function: noun
: a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic)spread with a usually medicated substance plaster>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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plaster plas·ter (plās'tər)
n.

  1. Plaster of Paris.

  2. A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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