plaster down (one's) hair

  • 1plaster — plas•ter [[t]ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər[/t]] n. 1) bui a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry 2) chem. powdered gypsum 3) bui fia plaster of Paris 4) med a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 2Human hair color — Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to the two types of melanin, eumelanin and phaeomelanin. Generally, if more melanin is present in the hair, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair color is… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3plaster — plasterer, n. plasteriness, n. plasterlike, plastery, adj. /plas teuhr, plah steuhr/, n. 1. a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to… …

    Universalium

  • 4Plasterwork — refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

    Universalium

  • 6Orthopedic cast — Arm cast from a wrist fracture An orange short arm cast with a fiber …

    Wikipedia

  • 7Fairy Tale Forest — The Fairy Tale Forest (Sprookjesbos in Dutch) is a 15 acre (61,000 m2) wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animated statues and… …

    Wikipedia

  • 8La prima Angélica — Theatrical release poster Directed by Carlos Saura Produced by …

    Wikipedia

  • 9Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

    Universalium

  • 10arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

    Universalium