- plastery
- adjective see plaster I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
plastery
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Plastery — Plas ter*y, a. Of the nature of plaster. [1913 Webster] The stone . . . is a poor plastery material. Clough. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plastery — ˈplast(ə)rē, laas , lais , lȧs , ri adjective : resembling or having the properties or characteristics of plaster examples in which the paint assumes almost plastery texture Stuart Preston … Useful english dictionary
plastery — See plasterer. * * * … Universalium
plastery — plæstrɪ / plÉ‘Ës adj. of plaster, pertaining to plaster … English contemporary dictionary
plastery — psaltery … Anagrams dictionary
plastery — plas·tery … English syllables
psaltery — plastery … Anagrams dictionary
plaster — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin emplastrum, from Greek emplastron, from emplassein to plaster on, from en + plassein to mold, plaster; perhaps akin to Latin planus level, flat more at floor Date: before 12th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
plaster — plasterer, n. plasteriness, n. plasterlike, plastery, adj. /plas teuhr, plah steuhr/, n. 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… … Universalium
plaster — noun 1》 a soft mixture of lime with sand or cement and water for spreading on walls and ceilings to form a smooth hard surface when dried. 2》 (also plaster of Paris) a hard white substance made by the addition of water to powdered gypsum, used… … English new terms dictionary
