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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLASTER , a mixture of See also:

lime, See also:hair and See also:sand, used to See also:cover rough walling of lathwork between timbers (see PLASTER-See also:WORK) ; also a See also:fine See also:white plaster of See also:gypsum, generally known as " plaster of See also:Paris." The word (also as " plaister ") is used in See also:medicine of adhesive mixtures employed externally for the See also:protection of injured surfaces, for support of weak See also:muscular or other structures:or as See also:counter-irritants, soothing applications &c. The ultimate derivation of the word is the Gr. I.isrhao-r pots or €µ'Aavrov in the medical sense, from on, and rAavQety, to See also:daub or smear.

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