blistering
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Mr. Hogarth's strict attention to propriety of scenery, is evinced by the cracked plaistering of the walls, broken window, and uneven floor, in the miserable habitation of this poor weaver of madrigals.
From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John
Sir 22:17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous
Yet, strange to tell, the audience endured it all; and, by copious retrenchments and plaistering and patching, this very piece had what is called a run!
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
Mony a clout I had to wash, and mony a nicht I sat lonely by mysell, plaistering my withered breist.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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