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Plaister
Plaister Plais"ter, n. [Obs.] See Plaster.
plaister
Plaster Plas"ter, n. [AS., a plaster (in sense 1), fr. L. emplastrum, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to daub on, stuff in; ? in + ? to mold: cf. OF. plastre a plaster (in sense 2), F. pl[^a]tre. Cf. Plastic, Emplaster, Piaster.] [Formerly written also plaister.] 1. (Med.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster. 2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar. 3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer. Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold. Plaster of Paris. [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris.] (Chem.) Anhydrous calcium sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts, moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to any plaster stone or species of gypsum. Plaster of Paris bandage (Surg.), a bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint.

Meaning of Plaist from wikipedia

- heraldic family motto is in the old French language spelling: « Ainsy Dieu Plaist » (modern spelling: « ainsi dieu plaît »), translating to « as it pleases...
- palātivm > palais /paˈlɛ/ "palace"; plāgam > plaie /plɛ/ "wound"; placet > /plaist/ > plaît /plɛ/ "(he) pleases"; paria > paire /pɛʁ/ "pair" palatal + /iai/...
- repeated justification of her attire that it "pleases God that I wear it" (il plaist a Deu que je le porte, etc.), dodges a question on whether she would like...
- Pirouet Records in 2015. The latest album COR was released in 2018 on his own Plaist label.[citation needed] It was among the best reviewed albums of Downbeat...
- roy (instrumental piece, written for Louis XII) Vous l'arez, s'il vous plaist Vous ne l'arez pas textless (4vv) El Grillo In te Domine speravi per trovar...
- jusqu’à midy, en ladite Eglise. Messieurs & Dames s’y trouveront, s’il leur plaist. Requiescat in pace. De la part de Messieurs ses Fils ; de Monsieur André...
- Royale, dit, statué & ordonné, disons, statuons, & ordonnons, voulons & nous plaist, qu'il soit incessamment étably en nostredite ville de Paris, une Academie...
- writes in the preface to his Cantica pro capella regis (1665): S’il luy plaist [à Louis XIV] de se ressouvenir du succès qu’ont eu plusieurs de ces cantiques...
- eslonge Se mieulx ne vient d'amours Serviteur soye Sei congé prens S'il vous plaist Si vous voullez Soit loing Sonnés muses melodieu****t Va t'en, regret Vostre...