stuccoing

Variant of stucco

stucco definition

stucco (stuk′ō)

noun pl. stuccoes -·coes or stuccos -·cos

  1. plaster or cement, either fine or coarse, used for surfacing inside or outside walls or for molding relief ornaments, cornices, etc.
  2. the work done in this
    also stuccowork stuc′co·work′

Etymology: It, prob. < Langobardic *stukki, akin to OHG stucki, rind, crust, orig., piece: for IE base see stock

transitive verb stuccoed -·coed, stuccoing -·co·ing

to cover or decorate with stucco

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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