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To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses. Sir T. Herbert. The pargeted ceiling with pendants. R. L. Stevenson.

A plasterer. Johnson.

Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster. [Obs.] Milton.

ent of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions. No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. Dryden.

where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. "[A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair." Spenser.

See Plaster.

Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. Wordsworth.

Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

rom the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. A popularity which has lasted down to our time. Macaulay.

The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat. Brande & C.

keray. Her presence was in some measure a restraint on the worthy divine, whose prolusion lasted. Sir W. Scott.

rd; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.

intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.

To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

n, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat.

y vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.

To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.

The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.