plasterer.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a soft pliable mixture esp. of lime putty with sand or Portland cement etc. for spreading on walls, ceilings, etc., to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
2 Brit. = sticking-plaster (see STICK(2) )).
3 hist. a curative or protective substance spread on a bandage etc. and applied to the body (mustard plaster).

--v.

tr.
1 cover (a wall etc.) with plaster or a similar substance.
2 (often foll. by with) coat thickly or to excess; bedaub (plastered the bread with jam; the wall was plastered with slogans).
3 stick or apply (a thing) thickly like plaster (plastered glue all over it).
4 (often foll. by down) make (esp. hair) smooth with water, cream, etc.; fix flat.
5 (as plastered adj.) sl. drunk.
6 apply a medical plaster or plaster cast to.
7 sl. bomb or shell heavily.

plaster cast 1 a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris and applied to a broken limb etc.
2 a statue or mould made of plaster. plaster of Paris fine white plaster made of gypsum and used for making plaster casts etc. plaster saint iron. a person regarded as being without moral faults or human frailty.

plasterer n. plastery adj. [ME f. OE & OF plastre or F plastrer f. med.L plastrum f. L emplastrum f. Gk emplastron]

plasterer.html - n.
two boards with a filling of plaster used to form or line the inner walls of houses etc.

plasterer.html - Colloquially, credit cards, debit cards, and other plastic cards which can be used in place of money to pay for goods and services. Etymology: So named because this form of credit is obtained using a piece of plastic which serves as a membership card: see card

. Probably abbreviated to plastic from the longer (and earlier) plastic money (see below ). History and Usage: The explosion of credit facilities and the consequent proliferation of credit cards which people carried in the seventies led to the development of the term plastic money in the US in about the middle of the decade; by the beginning of the eighties this was being abbreviated to plastic alone, and used colloquially as a collective term for all forms of credit. Thus 'Do you take plastic?' became a common way of asking to pay by credit card. It [is] easier than ever to spend money without seeing the real thing. 'The acceptance of plastic has reached an all-time high,' John Bennett, senior vice-president of Visa, said. 'Plastic has become a way of life.' Globe & Mail (Toronto)
10 Oct. 1985, section B, p.
13 To use your plastic in a cash machine, you need a personal identification number (PIN). Which? July 1988, p.
299 Probably abbreviated to plastic from the longer (and earlier) plastic money (see below ). History and Usage : The explosion of credit facilities and the consequent proliferation of credit cards which people carried in the seventies led to the development of the term plastic money in the US in about the middle of the decade; by the beginning of the eighties this was being abbreviated to plastic alone, and used colloquially as a collective term for all forms of credit. Thus 'Do you take plastic?' became a common way of asking to pay by credit card. It [is] easier than ever to spend money without seeing the real thing. 'The acceptance of plastic has reached an all-time high,' John Bennett, senior vice-president of Visa, said. 'Plastic has become a way of life.' Globe & Mail (Toronto)
10 Oct. 1985, section B, p.
13 To use your plastic in a cash machine , you need a personal identification number ( PIN ). Which? July 1988, p. 299

plasterer.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a soft pliable mixture esp. of lime putty with sand or Portland cement etc. for spreading on walls, ceilings, etc., to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
2 Brit. = sticking-plaster (see STICK(2) )).
3 hist. a curative or protective substance spread on a bandage etc. and applied to the body (mustard plaster).

--v.

tr.
1 cover (a wall etc.) with plaster or a similar substance.
2 (often foll. by with) coat thickly or to excess; bedaub (plastered the bread with jam; the wall was plastered with slogans).
3 stick or apply (a thing) thickly like plaster (plastered glue all over it).
4 (often foll. by down) make (esp. hair) smooth with water, cream, etc.; fix flat.
5 (as plastered adj.) sl. drunk.
6 apply a medical plaster or plaster cast to.
7 sl. bomb or shell heavily.

plaster cast 1 a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris and applied to a broken limb etc.
2 a statue or mould made of plaster. plaster of Paris fine white plaster made of gypsum and used for making plaster casts etc. plaster saint iron. a person regarded as being without moral faults or human frailty.

plasterer n. plastery adj. [ME f. OE & OF plastre or F plastrer f. med.L plastrum f. L emplastrum f. Gk emplastron]

plasterer.html - n.
two boards with a filling of plaster used to form or line the inner walls of houses etc.

plasterer.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 any of a number of synthetic polymeric substances that can be given any required shape.
2 (attrib.) made of plastic (plastic bag).

--adj.

1 capable of being moulded; pliant; supple.
2 moulding or giving form to clay, wax, etc.
3 Biol. exhibiting an adaptability to environmental changes.
4 (esp. in philosophy) formative, creative.

plastic arts art forms involving modelling or moulding, e.g. sculpture and ceramics, or art involving the representation of solid objects with three-dimensional effects. plastic bomb a bomb containing plastic explosive. plastic explosive a putty-like explosive capable of being moulded by hand. plastic surgeon a qualified practitioner of plastic surgery. plastic surgery the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons.

plastically adv. plasticity n. plasticize v.tr. (also -ise). plasticization n. plasticizer n. plasticky adj. [F plastique or L plasticus f. Gk plastikos f. plasso mould]