PLASTER Copy link • PLASTER 1. s. Mixture of lime, mortarium: materia ex calce et arena (mortar, Vitr.): arenatum (consisting of one part lime and two parts sand): gypsum (sulphate of lime; used also, as a stucco): tectorium, with or without opus (plaster-work): opus albarium (ornamental stucco-work). To lay on, to coat with plaster [Vid: to PLASTER, v.] . Medical application, emplastrum. To lay a plaster on, emplastrum imponere (Cels.). 2. v. (In building), trullissare (technical term): inducere aliquid alicui rei or super aliquid: illinere aliquid alicui rei: circumlinere aliquid aliqua re: contegere or integere aliquid aliqua re. [SYN. in COAT, v.] To plaster walls with mud, parietibus, etc., lutum inducere (Vitr.). To put on a (medical) plaster, emplastrum imponere (Cels.); *emplastro tegere aliquid.