plaster

n. கட்டு, அரைசாந்து, சுவர் மச்சடிகளின் பரப்பிற்பூசப்படும் மவ்ல்-மயில் கலந்த மென்சாந்துக்கலவை, சுண்ணக்கந்தகி, (பெ.) அரைசாந்தாலான, (வினை.) மருத்துவக்கட்டிடு, கட்டிட்டு மருத்துவஞ்செய், பிசைந்து பூசு, அப்பு, பூசு, கொட்டிப் பரப்பு, வாரி அப்பு, மட்டின்றப்பூசு, மேல்ஒட்டு, அரை, பொடியாக்கு, வேட்டுக்களால் தகர், மென்பரப்பாக்கு, மெழுகிப்பசப்பு, களிக்கல் பொடியூட்டு, நீறுகொண்டு ஒட்டியிணை.

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Plas"ter, n. Etym: [AS., a plaster (in sense 1), fr. L. emplastrum, Gr. plastre a plaster (in sense 2), F. plâtre. Cf. Plastic, Emplaster, Piaster.] [Formerly written also plaister.] 1. (Med.) Defn: 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. Etym: [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. -- Plaster stone, any species of gypsum. See Gypsum. Plas"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plastered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plastering.] Etym: [Cf. OF. plastrer to plaster (in sense 2), F. plâtrer.] 1. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore. 2. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house. 3. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster. Bale.