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• plaster — n. pasty composition 1) to apply plaster (to apply plaster to a wall) 2) to daub plaster (to daub plaster on a wall) 3) crumbling, falling plaster 4) plaster comes off, falls off (a wall) pastelike mixture used for healing purposes 5) a mustard… …   Combinatory dictionary

• daub — dauber, n. daubingly, adv. dauby, adj. /dawb/, v.t. 1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. 2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub… …   Universalium

• daub — ► VERB 1) coat or smear carelessly or liberally with a thick substance. 2) spread (a thick substance) on a surface in such a way. ► NOUN 1) plaster, clay, or a similar substance, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to …   English terms dictionary

• Plaster — The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris, lime plaster, or cement plaster. This article deals mainly with plaster of Paris.Plaster of Paris is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally CaSO4·0.5H2O. It is… …   Wikipedia

• daub — [14] The ultimate source of daub, Latin dēalbāre, meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album. It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• daub — [14] The ultimate source of daub, Latin dēalbāre, meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album. It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as… …   Word origins

• 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 — /ˈplastə / (say plahstuh) noun 1. a pasty composition, as of lime, sand, water, and often hair, used for covering walls, ceilings, etc., where it hardens in drying. 2. gypsum powdered but not calcined. 3. calcined gypsum (plaster of Paris), a… …  

• plaster — plas•ter [[t]ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər[/t]] n. 1) bui a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry 2) chem. powdered gypsum 3) bui fia plaster of Paris 4) med a… …   From formal English to slang

• daub — v. & n. v.tr. 1 spread (paint, plaster, or some other thick substance) crudely or roughly on a surface. 2 coat or smear (a surface) with paint etc. 3 a (also absol.) paint crudely or unskilfully. b lay (colours) on crudely and clumsily. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• daub — Synonyms and related words: abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, anamorphosis, anoint, apply paint, attaint, bad likeness, bedaub, bedizen, beeswax, begild, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bestain, black, blacken, block print,… …   Moby Thesaurus