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See Pinaster.

composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

One who applies plaster or mortar. "Thy father was a plasterer." Shak.

Same as Plaster, n., 2.

Resembling plaster of Paris. [R.] "Out of gypseous or plasterly ground." Fuller.

Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

Of the nature of plaster. The stone . . . is a poor plastery material. Clough.

inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.

A petty politician; a pretender in politics. Milton.

One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.

hief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

The office of postmaster.

Same as Pulmonata.

cer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Totten. Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at…

One who takes a repast. [Obs.]

The borele.

One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

One who roasts meat.

An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.

One who roughcasts.