Definition of Court plaster

1. Noun. A plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds.


Definition of Court plaster

1. Noun. sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Court Plaster

court martialing
court martialled
court martialling
court martials
court of appeals
court of chancery
court of domestic relations
court of equity
court of last resort
court of law
court order
court orders
court plaster (current term)
court plasters
court poor box
court reporter
court reporters
court sense
court shoe
court shoes
court tennis
courtbred
courtcraft
courted
courteous
courteously
courteousness

Literary usage of Court plaster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"Sticking, or court plaster. This plaster is well known from its general use and its healing properties. It is merely a kind of varnished silk, ..."

2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"Court-plaster. See PLASTER. Courtrai (Flem. Kortrijk), a town of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders, 54 miles S\V. of Brussels by rail, ..."

3. The Family Receipt Book: Containing Eight Hundred Valuable Receipts in by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1819)
"The milky juice of the stalks of spurge, or of the common lig leave, by persevering application, will, to a certainty, soon remove them. 582. court plaster. ..."

4. Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus, Cements, Pastes, and Mucilages by Ferdinand Dawidowsky (1905)
"court plaster. Gelatine or isinglass 155 grains, alcohol 13J fluid drachms, glycerine 15J grains. Water, tincture of benzoin, each a sufficient quantity. ..."

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