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Court plaster   /kɔrt plˈæstər/   Listen
Court plaster

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





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"Court plaster" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a very thick and brittle covering, is often sold for it. The manufacturers of this, instead of isinglass, use common glue, which is much cheaper; and cover the whole with spirit varnish, instead of balsam of Peru. This plaster cracks, and has none of the balsamic smell by which the genuine court plaster is distinguished. Another method of detecting the adulteration is to moisten it with your tongue on the side opposite to that which is varnished; and, if the plaster be genuine, it will adhere exceedingly well. The adulterated plaster is too hard for this; it will not ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various
... early hour, walked out of the hospital, with his daughter under his arm, and sat down quietly to breakfast at his lodgings over the chemist's shop. There was no parade about his departure; no one, not even Bunce, was there to witness it; had he walked to the apothecary's thus early to get a piece of court plaster, or a box of lozenges, he could not have done it with less appearance of an important movement. There was a tear in Eleanor's eye as she passed through the big gateway and over the bridge; but Mr Harding walked with an elastic step, and entered his new abode ...
— The Warden • Anthony Trollope


Words linked to "Court plaster" :   sticking plaster, plaster, adhesive plaster


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