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Definition of Plaisters
1. plaister [v] - See also: plaister
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaisters
Literary usage of Plaisters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Physic, Or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases by John Wesley (1843)
"plaisters ought to be of a different consistence, according to the purpose for
... It has been supposed that plaisters might be impregnated with the virtues ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"MR WILLIAM MATHER, Manchester, has forwarded to us various samples of his porous
and other plaisters, including belladonna, capsicum, mustard, strengthening ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Spatula, a broad-bladed knife for spreading plaisters. (L. — Gk.) L. spatula, dimin.
of spatha. — Gk. Оттаву, a broad blade. See Spade (i). ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"Wherever •the plaisters had not actually come in contact, the swelled red skin
in the interstices cose above them, in consequence of the •degree of pressure ..."
5. Primitive Physic, Or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases by John Wesley (1843)
"plaisters ought to be of a different consistence, according to the purpose for
... It has been supposed that plaisters might be impregnated with the virtues ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"MR WILLIAM MATHER, Manchester, has forwarded to us various samples of his porous
and other plaisters, including belladonna, capsicum, mustard, strengthening ..."
7. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Spatula, a broad-bladed knife for spreading plaisters. (L. — Gk.) L. spatula, dimin.
of spatha. — Gk. Оттаву, a broad blade. See Spade (i). ..."
8. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"Wherever •the plaisters had not actually come in contact, the swelled red skin
in the interstices cose above them, in consequence of the •degree of pressure ..."
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