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• Plaster — The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris, lime plaster, or cement plaster. This article deals mainly with plaster of Paris.Plaster of Paris is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally CaSO4·0.5H2O. It is… …   Wikipedia

• Plaster cast — This article is on plaster copies made of sculptures and other objects. For the use of plaster casts in medicine, see Orthopedic cast. A plaster cast is a copy made in plaster of another 3 dimensional form, usually a metal or stone sculpture… …   Wikipedia

• plaster — plas|ter1 [ˈpla:stə US ˈplæstər] n [Date: 900 1000; : Latin; Origin: emplastrum, from Greek, from emplassein to plaster on , from plassein; PLASTIC2] 1.) [U] a substance used to cover walls and ceilings with a smooth, even surface. It consists of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Back charge — Charge Charge, n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. [1913 Webster] 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• back plastering — Building Trades. 1. the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall. 2. parging applied behind the exterior brickwork of a wall in… …   Universalium

• back plastering — Building Trades. 1. the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall. 2. parging applied behind the exterior brickwork of a wall in… …   Useful english dictionary

• Lime plaster — is a mixture of calcium hydroxide and sand (or other inert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler (materials) filler materials] ). Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes the plaster to set by transforming the calcium hydroxide into calcium… …   Wikipedia

• Lath and plaster — is a building process used mainly for interior walls in Canada and the United States until the late 1950s. After the 1950s, drywall began to replace the lath and plaster process in the these countries. In the United Kingdom, lath and plaster was… …   Wikipedia

• Mustard plaster — A mustard plaster is a poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the chest or abdomen to stimulate healing. In times past and present, the mixture was spread onto a cloth and applied to the chest or back.… …   Wikipedia

• Yellow-back — A yellow back is a cheap fiction novel which was published in Britain in the second half of the 19th century. They were occasionally called mustard plaster novels. Developed in the 1840s to compete with the penny dreadful , Yellow Backs were… …   Wikipedia

• Napoleon's Death Mask — Plaster cast of death mask of Napoleon I made from François Carlo Antommarchi s mould. Napoleon s Death Mask is a marble cast mold of the face of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French. Much mystery and controversy surrounds the origins and… …   Wikipedia