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The act or process of making cast or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

or external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

A soft of plaster or ointment.

Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] Whitworth.

A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.

Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.

; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. Tatler.

nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.

The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3.

A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

ilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.

d wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

une, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

The application of a plaster or salve.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.