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plasteringn.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plaster v., -ing suffix1. Etymology: < plaster v. + -ing suffix1. 1. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering α. 1423 in L. F. Salzman (1992) x. 157 (MED) [A mason hired..to do the] bemfyllynge, herlynge, pargetyng, plastryng, and wasshyng. 1453–5 in J. T. Fowler (1888) III. 160 Johanni Plastr' pro platsteryng muri aulæ. 1598 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) II. 252 Places wher plasteringe is needefull. 1683 in J. Barmby (1888) 341 To the wallers for work and plastering, 1 l. 2 s. 1700 12 Names and Uses of Tools relating to Plastering. 1765 §527 Unslack'd Lime by the hogshead for plastering, or for building. 1802 W. Barber 13 The plastering and rough-casting or dashing should not be done for five or six months after the walls are built. 1842 J. Gwilt ii. iii. 514 In the country the trades of bricklaying and plastering are usually united. 1875 J. Ingelow vii. 78 He felt strongly the impolicy of taking money out of the estate to do all the whitewashing, plastering, carpenters' work, and painting that were desirable. 1952 L. F. Salzman xii. 189 ‘Torching’ is one of the terms applied to this plastering with mud. 1994 Aug. 12/3 True plastering, in the original sense, is almost a lost art, requiring a scratch coat (sometimes called a brown coat) of gypsum plaster over metal or wooden lath, a second coat over that and a lime-based hard finish coat. β. (Harl. 221) 402 Plastrynge of wallys, litura, gipsatus.1663 B. Gerbier 79 Playstering upon Lath.?1677 S. Primatt 67 For Lathing and Plaistering against Ceelings and Partitions.1747 6 The different Expences betwixt Plaistering and Boarding.1766 T. Warton Let. 29 Nov. in (1995) 204 Casing, Chipping,..Plaistering, and Painting, are grown so fashionable.1853 E. Flagg II. xix. 315 A perfect plaistering of their persons from top to toe, by the explosion of missiles in the mud of the marshes.the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > [noun] > plastering ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 99 Clense þe place in waschynge alway and in plastrynge [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. Emplastryng; L. emplastrando]..wiþ soche an emplastre. (Harl. 221) 402 Plasterynge of sorys, cataplasmacio. 1591 R. Percyvall Dict. at Emplastradura Plaistering, fomentatio. 1641 S. Marshall et al. (1653) 68 The plaistring or palliating of these rotten members. a1716 R. South (1744) VIII. 55 In spight of all our plaisterings and dressings of it, 'twill prove incurable. 1750 M. Jones 171 What with plaistering, patching, trepanning, and other terms of Art, he [sc. the surgeon] put me out of all patience. 1994 (Nexis) 22 Jan. i. 26 Ostby was lying in the plastering room having her right leg set for surgery. 2004 (Nexis) 16 Jan. 28 [She] manages the fracture clinic and plastering service at Selly Oak Hospital. the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > becoming or making viscous 1812 J. Sinclair i. 215 That dry friable porous surface..upon which, if rain falls, no plastering ensues. the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > treatment or adulteration 1872 J. L. W. Thudichum & A. Dupré iv. 121 Diminution of yield is..not the only drawback connected with the plastering of wine. 1895 S. P. Sadtler (ed. 2) 204 Of the methods of ‘improving’ wines, as it is termed, that known as ‘plastering’ is probably most largely practised. 1959 W. James 145 It is said that plastering was given a bad name in England by whisky distillers jealous of sherry's growing popularity. 1967 A. Lichine 405/1 Plastering, addition of plaster of Paris (gypsum or calcium sulphate) to low-acid musts to induce the necessary degree of acidity. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat ix. 257 Other operations designed to clarify the wine, such as plastering or colouring, are similarly either controlled or banned in France. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work α. 1580 C. Hollyband at Enduit The plastring of a house. 1639 tr. J. A. Comenius (new ed.) xlviii. §526. sig. P6 With his trowell hee rough-casteth all over with plastering; to wit, with slaked lime..and with parjet. 1700 13 They..brish over their new Plastering when they set, or finish it. a1722 J. Toland (1726) I. 345 The beauty of an edifice is not manifest to one that has seen only some small portion of the same, as a stone, the plastering, or part of a wall. 1847 A. C. Smeaton (new ed.) 17 When plastering is laid and set hard on bricks which are not perfectly dry. 1875 E. C. Gardner xxv. 162 Doors..are always slamming, punching holes in the plastering with their knobs. 1928 D. H. Lawrence xi. 183 The shadowy, powerful bulk of Warsop Castle, dark grey, with below it the reddish plastering of miners' dwellings. 2004 (Nexis) 2 Aug. 8 In the main, long upstairs room there is a definite element of humour in the plastering, with four three-dimensional faces with an assortment of pigs' snouts and human noses. β. 1538 T. Elyot Tectorium, the playstrynge or pariettynge of a house.1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti II. 14/2 The middle coat, which we call plaistering, is to prevent any faults or defects in..the other two.1767 15 June The lightning fell in a perpendicular direction, ripping the clap-boarding and plaistering as it fell.1853 in W. T. Brande 300/2 Cradling,..the timber ribs in arched ceilings and coves to which the laths for the plaistering are nailed.Compoundssociety > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering 1538 T. Elyot Tectorium opus, perietting or plastring wark. 1576 A. Fleming 227 (margin) Plastering worke, and earthly mixture. 1646 H. Mill viii. 54 My table, and my two joyn'd stooles, My trusses, and my plastering tooles. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti I. 35/2 River~sand..is more tractable and better for Plaistering-work. 1772 22 Cedar bolts, and plaistering laths, per load, Under 1,2 mile 2s. 0d. Under a mile 2s. 6d. 1892 at Money Designer, the architect who designs the enrichment for the ‘modeller’ in the plastering trade. 1950 25 Apr. 5/3 Sculptors' tools, screw boxes, and special steel plastering tools. 1986 A. Limon in A. Limon et al. (ed. 2) i. vi. 108 It is trowelled to a smooth surface using a steel plastering trowel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1423 |