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† proˈplastic, n. and a. Obs.
[As n. ad. mod.L. proplasticē, a. Gr. type *προπλαστική (sc. τέχνη) the art of moulding, f. προπλάσσειν: see prec., also plastic; as adj. ad. Gr. type *προπλαστικός, f. προπλάσσειν: see prec.]
A. n. The art of forming moulds for casting.[1662Evelyn Chalcogr. i. 2 Sculptura..was apply'd to several things; as,..Proplastice forming the future work ex creta, or some such matter, as the Protypus was of Wax for Efformation, and the Modulus of wood.] 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 153/2 Lysistratus..found out the Art of Proplastick, or casting of Figures in Moulds. [1706Phillips, Proplastice, the Art of making Moulds, in which any thing is cast or framed.] B. adj. Of or relating to the making of moulds; forming a mould or cast.
1662Evelyn Chalcogr. Table, Proplastic Art. 1821–2Coleridge Confess. iii. 34 The first ferments of the great affections—the proplastic waves of the microcosmic chaos. |