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| armature |
in sculpture, a framework providing a core for modeling materials such as wax, clay, and plaster. [1/4 definitions] |
| calcium hydroxide |
a soft white crystalline compound made by the action of water on calcium oxide and used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, hard rubber products, and bleaching powder; slaked lime. |
| calcium oxide |
a soft white caustic powder used in the treatment of waste, as an industrial alkali, and in the manufacture of steel, glass, plaster, and insecticides; lime; quicklime. |
| cast |
a thick, rigid covering for an injured limb or joint, usu. made of plaster and gauze. [1/18 definitions] |
| ceil |
to overlay (a room's ceiling or walls) with plaster or thin pieces of wood. [1/2 definitions] |
| daub |
to smear or cover with soft sticky material such as plaster. [1/7 definitions] |
| dry wall |
a prefabricated wall or panel made of plaster dried between paper sheets or boards; wallboard. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. [2 definitions] |
| grout |
a thin coat of plaster applied as finishing to an interior wall. [1/2 definitions] |
| gypsum |
a mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, that resembles chalk and is used to make plaster of Paris, plaster and wallboard, and fertilizers. |
| half-timbered |
of a house or other building, having an exposed framework of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal timbers, with the spaces in between filled with plaster or brick. |
| lath |
a thin, narrow wooden strip usu. used to support plaster or roofing, or such strips collectively. [1/2 definitions] |
| lathing |
laths collectively, esp. when used as a support for plaster work. [1/2 definitions] |
| perlite |
a volcanic glass with distinctive concentric cracks, used in the manufacture of concrete and plaster, and thermal and acoustic insulation. |
| plaster |
to cover with plaster or a plasterlike substance; apply plaster to. [2/4 definitions] |
| plasterboard |
a thin sheet of hardened plaster covered with paper or cardboard and used to cover walls and ceilings. |
| plaster cast |
a sturdy rigid covering consisting of gauze saturated in plaster of Paris which is wrapped, when still wet, around a fractured limb or other part to prevent movement during healing. [2 definitions] |
| replaster |
combined form of plaster. |
| roughcast |
a coarse plaster made of mortar mixed with small stones, used as a finish for exterior walls. [2/4 definitions] |
| screed |
a strip of wood, metal, or the like used as a guide to the thickness of plaster or cement to be applied to a wall or pavement. [1/2 definitions] |
| secco |
a painting done on dry plaster, or the technique of such painting. |
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