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ˈpitch-ˌplaster, n. [f. pitch n.1 + plaster.] A plaster made of pitch, formerly used to remove hair; also, a stimulant plaster containing Burgundy pitch and other ingredients.
1601Holland Pliny I. 424 For making of pitch plaisters, to fetch off the haire of mens bodies. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Pitch-plaster, a plaster of Burgundy pitch. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Burgundy pitch plaster. Burgundy pitch 90 parts, melted with yellow wax 10 parts. Hence pitch-plaster v. trans., to apply a pitch-plaster to.
1860Sala Lady Chesterf. iv. 66 The infamous Burke..who pitch-plastered people to death..and sold their bodies to the surgeons. |