A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without
hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses.
See Mortar.

Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when
ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or
calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and
walls of a house.

Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects
of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.