单词 | plastery |
释义 | plasteryn. Plasterwork; plastering.In quot. 1723 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work pargetc1400 plastering1538 casting1565 plasterwork1600 parge1649 parge-work1649 plastery1723 dashing1812 flatting1829 lime-cast1861 1723 R. Robinson Ess. Kings 7 The Hero of the Drama, consider'd..without the Varnish and Plastery of a flattering Pen, is a Monster. 1842 Amer. Pioneer 1 207 The stone work and plastery was done by major William Rutledge, a soldier of the revolutionary war. 1998 Detroit Free Press (Nexis) 12 Jan. 4 b Mr. Kosnik's first career was the plastery and masonry trade he learned from his father. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plasteryadj.α. late Middle English–1500s plastry, 1600s plasterie, 1700s– plastery. β. 1500s–1600s plaistrie. 1. Of the nature of or resembling (wet or dry) plaster; viscous, sticky; powdery, crumbly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] thickc888 toughc1000 cleavingc1350 gluey1382 gluish1382 gleiming1387 gummya1398 clammy1398 gleimy1398 viscosec1400 viscousc1400 emplastic?a1425 plastery?c1425 stiffc1430 clamc1440 engleimous?c1475 rawky1509 rich1535 clammish1543 limy1552 strong1560 glutinous1576 cloggy1587 emplastical1590 viscuous1603 plasterish1610 slaba1616 bound1635 viscid1635 lentous1646 spiscious1655 melleous1656 salivarious1656 glutining1658 syrupical1659 glairy1662 gummous1669 gummose1678 mellaginous1681 melligineous1684 pargety1684 sticky1688 sizy1691 dauby1697 syrupy1707 treacly?1734 glaireous1755 flabbyc1780 spissid1782 stodgy1823 waxy1835 teery1848 treacle-like1871 viscoid1877 slauming1904 gooey1906 gloopy1929 gunky1937 gungy1962 yucky1975 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 107 Þan it is made a grete flewme, muscylagynouse and plastry [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. gipseous; L. gipseum] or glasen by laste hardnyng. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 8 b Fleume plastry, whiche is very grosse, and as it were chalky. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxi. 567 Hauing gotten by long space..a plasterie crust or hardnes ouer all the parts of it. 1733 B. Duddell App. Treat. Horney-coat of Eye i. 28 Having lost the Sight of his left Eye by a darkning of all the Crystalline, which was become plastery, and as white and opack as could be that of a boil'd Fish. 1767 tr. J. Astruc Treat. Dis. Women III. v. 69 It was taken out of her belly, after her death, covered with a plastery crust. 1849 A. H. Clough Corr. 18 Apr. (1957) I. 252 St. Peters disappoints me: the stone of which it is made is a poor plastery material. And indeed, Rome in general might be called a rubbishy place. 1873 I. Remsen tr. R. Fittig Wöhler's Outl. Org. Chem. vii. 477 After standing for several hours, a plastery, colored mass is deposited. 1966 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 97 271 The Hebrew suggests a firmament of thick plastery mud, but in Greek it comes out as a sort of concrete. 1991 Boston Globe (Nexis) 20 Feb. 68 Warrick uses mixed media to build up frescolike, plastery surfaces. 2. Built with plaster; resembling something made of plaster. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [adjective] > covered with plastereda1425 pargeted1538 tarrassed1615 plastery1862 rendered1901 1862 ‘G. Hamilton’ Country Living 6 To move from this tumble-down old house..into a..plastery, shingly, stary, new one. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Sept. 4/4 Plastery little red and white cottages and villas set at all angles among cabbage-plots. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] thicknessc1000 gleiminessa1398 gleimingness1398 glutinosityc1400 viscositya1425 threadinessc1425 gleimousnessc1440 clamminess1528 clammishness1528 yolkiness1528 toughness1574 viscousness1594 gumminess1600 gluishness1608 glueyness1611 viscidity1611 gummosity1651 tenaciousness1658 viscuousness1658 glutinousnessa1661 plasteriness1660 ropishness1662 snivelliness1662 ropiness1663 gummousness1666 stickiness1689 clam1694 viscidness1710 glairiness1866 treacliness1884 slabness1892 yuckiness1982 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 126 Fracastorius attributes this sweating sickness to the Plaistriness of the soil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1723adj.?c1425 |
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