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Definition of Plaster of Paris

1. Noun. Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs.

Definition of Plaster of Paris

1. Noun. A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds or sculpture ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaster Of Paris

Literary usage of Plaster of Paris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"As to the use of plaster-of-Paris in the treatment of fractures, there is not a bone in the body, except the skull, that he has not applied that to. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"... thin tablets of plaster of Paris made by casting sheets three-sixteenths of an inch thick on panes of glass and scratching them, before hardening, ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... into it three table- spoonfuls of fine plaster of Paris ; when the mixture is completed, pour it out on the paper, and with a soft wet spunge distribute ..."

4. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1915)
"The plaster-of-Paris should be of the best quality and dry. Crinoline is used for bandages. Commercially it is called Arrow- wanna Crinoline Lining. ..."

5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"In the present chapter the manufacture of plaster of Paris, cement plaster, ... Though plaster of Paris and " cement plasters " are very distinct so far as ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The quantity of caustic lime which is present in tho cement keeps the plaster of Paris always fresh, that is, dehydrated, until mixed with excess of water ..."

7. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"Congress retaliated with an act forbidding the importation of plaster of paris into the United States, thus cutting off altogether the trade of Nova Scotia ..."

8. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"As to the use of plaster-of-Paris in the treatment of fractures, there is not a bone in the body, except the skull, that he has not applied that to. ..."

9. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"... thin tablets of plaster of Paris made by casting sheets three-sixteenths of an inch thick on panes of glass and scratching them, before hardening, ..."

10. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... into it three table- spoonfuls of fine plaster of Paris ; when the mixture is completed, pour it out on the paper, and with a soft wet spunge distribute ..."

11. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1915)
"The plaster-of-Paris should be of the best quality and dry. Crinoline is used for bandages. Commercially it is called Arrow- wanna Crinoline Lining. ..."

12. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"In the present chapter the manufacture of plaster of Paris, cement plaster, ... Though plaster of Paris and " cement plasters " are very distinct so far as ..."

13. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The quantity of caustic lime which is present in tho cement keeps the plaster of Paris always fresh, that is, dehydrated, until mixed with excess of water ..."

14. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"Congress retaliated with an act forbidding the importation of plaster of paris into the United States, thus cutting off altogether the trade of Nova Scotia ..."

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