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  • 102house — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abode, residence; chamber, legislature; firm, organization, company; family, ancestry, lineage. See business. v. t. shelter, protect; cover, contain, harbor. See party, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 103parget — /ˈpadʒət/ (say pahjuht) noun 1. British gypsum or plaster stone. 2. plaster, especially a kind of mortar formed of lime, hair, and cow dung. 3. plasterwork, especially a more or less ornamental facing for exterior walls. –verb (t) (pargeted or… …

  • 104plaster — [n] thick, gooey material that hardens adhesive, binding, cement, coat, dressing, glue, gum, gypsum, lime, mortar, mucilage, paste, plaster of Paris, stucco; concepts 466,475 plaster [v] spread, smear adhere, bedaub, besmear, bind, cement, coat,… …

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  • 105Mesopotamia, geography of —    The geography of Mesopotamia its topography, natural features and resources, and climate and the geography of the regions surrounding Mesopotamia profoundly shaped the history of that ancient region and the lives of its inhabitants. First,… …

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  • 106dry wall — noun 1. a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses • Syn: ↑wallboard, ↑drywall • Hypernyms: ↑board • Hyponyms: ↑beaver board, ↑ …

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  • 107keene's cement — ˈkēnz noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after Richard W. Keene, 19th century English inventor : a hard finish gypsum plaster to which alum has been added and which is used chiefly as a gauging plaster in lime mortar for walls (as of… …

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