noun
Origin: ME < OE plaster & OFr plastre, both < LL plastrum, for L emplastrum < Gr emplastron, plaster < emplassein, to daub over < en, on, in + plassein, to form: see plastic
transitive verb
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English, medical dressing
Origin: , and from Old French plastre, cementing material
Origin: , both from Latin emplastrum, medical dressing
Origin: , from Greek emplastron
Origin: , from emplassein, to plaster on
Origin: : en-, in, on; see en-2
Origin: + plassein, to mold; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots
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