coat of plaster

  • 61CISTERN — (Heb. בּוֹר, bor), a subterranean artificially hewn reservoir for storing rainwater. Common in the highland regions of Palestine, diversion channels brought surface run off rainwater during the short rainy season to the mouth of the cistern.… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 62Browning — Brown ing, n. 1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 63Emery Molyneux — One of Molyneux s celestial globes, which is displayed in Middle Temple Library – from the frontispiece of the Hakluyt Society s 1889 reprint of A Learned Treatise of Globes, both Cœlestiall and Terrestriall, one of the English editions of Robert …

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  • 64arriccio — /euh ree choh/; It. /ahrdd rddeet chaw/, n., pl. arriccios, arricci / chee/. (formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is… …

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  • 65finish — finisher, n. /fin ish/, v.t. 1. to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast. 2. to come to the end of (a course, period of time, etc.): to finish school. 3. to use completely (often fol. by up …

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  • 66cover — 1. verb 1) she covered her face with a towel Syn: protect, shield, shelter; hide, conceal, veil Ant: expose, reveal 2) his car was covered in mud Syn: cak …

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  • 67cover — 1. verb 1) she covered her face with a towel Syn: protect, shield, shelter, hide, conceal, mask 2) his car was covered in mud Syn: cake, coat, encrust, plaster, smother …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 68skim — [skim] vt. skimmed, skimming [ME skimen, prob. akin to SCUM] 1. a) to clear (a liquid) of floating matter b) to remove (floating matter) from a liquid 2. to coat or cover with a thin layer [a pond skimmed with ice] …

    English World dictionary

  • 69grout — graÊŠt n. thin plaster used to fill narrow crevices in masonry and woodwork; coat of plaster on an interior wall or ceiling …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 70grouts — graÊŠt n. thin plaster used to fill narrow crevices in masonry and woodwork; coat of plaster on an interior wall or ceiling …

    English contemporary dictionary