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em·plas·ter
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emplasternoun
A plaster.
Etymology: From emplastre, from emplastrum, from ἔμπλαστρον.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
EMPLASTERnoun
An application to a sore of an oleaginous or viscous substance, spread upon cloth. See Plaster.
Etymology: ἔμϖλαστϱον.
All emplasters, applied to the breasts, ought to have a hole for the nipples. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
To Emplasterverb
To cover with a plaster.
Etymology: from the noun.
They must be cut out to the quick, and the sores emplastered with tar. John Mortimer, Art of Husbandry.
Webster Dictionary
Emplasternoun
see Plaster
Emplasternoun
to plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance
Etymology: [OF. emplastre, F. empltre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. , fr. to plaster up, daub over; in + to form, mold, apply as a plaster.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Emplaster
em-plas′tėr, n. and v. same as Plaster.—adj. Emplas′tic, glutinous: adhesive.—n. a medicine causing constipation.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emplaster in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emplaster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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