| 单词 | plaster over |
| 例句 | The canoe of his grandfather, plastered over and over, had a splintered hole broken in it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They can think bad things about you and plaster over it with a big false smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He touched his head and felt a bandage plastered over his headache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The green plaster over the kitchen sink had finally cracked loose, leaving a powdery-white hole as big as a fist. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His fair hair was plastered over his eyebrows and he pushed it back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Though just barely substantial enough to support body weight, the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet, so I kept plugging upward. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall at the top of this strange staircase was plastered over with many layers of wallpaper. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z If you're the kind of person who gets upset when you see bubblegum plastered over a movie star's eyes on an escalator poster then be prepared to be outraged. Internet picks of the week 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z The collages made in Paris feature photographs of arid Iranian landscapes, but also one of an unidentified man, seemingly silenced by a criss-cross pattern plastered over his mouth. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z He says the continued plastering over the city of the name and image of the slave owner Edward Colston is a “reminder that racism is alive and kicking”. Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub – and helped desegregate Britain 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z You use substances or sex to put a plaster over something else, like pain or fear. Lily Allen: ‘Sex can still be an addiction’ 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Along interior walls “bullet holes were plastered over but remain clearly visible,” a news release from Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty notes. Antiques: Gangsters, Outlaws and Artifacts of Their Crime Sprees 2012-09-13T21:02:45Z It was easier to keep the peace, plaster over the doubts and fight for our relationship. I no longer love my boyfriend, but I can’t afford to leave him | Dear Mariella 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The courthouse was built in 1904; 110 years later, its courtroom underwent a restoration, undoing a 1970s renovation that some say was intended to plaster over history. The Freedom Trail in Mississippi Is a Chronicle of Outrage and Courage 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z For an artist who has been criticised for his sub-par technical skills, the constant party mantra feels a little like a plaster over the cracks. A$AP Rocky – review 2013-05-22T17:19:29Z The doors were plastered over, and there the torso lay, forgotten by all until they were torn down in the course of the redesigning of the house. When Roman Statues Play Pranks 2010-06-18T15:00:00Z The tarry pitch of the timber port never disappeared; it just got plastered over with grunge flannel, tech money, yuppie coffee, Pacific Rim flavors, and more recently the backyard chickens and chard of urban pioneers. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Seattle 2011-03-24T19:18:50Z The antiques sometimes turned up inside walls, Mr. Morphy said, where contractors had plastered over and forgotten them. Antiques: Robert Megna?s Medical Device Collection Goes to Auction 2011-08-25T22:28:50Z My advance review copy of “Dancing Bears” came with a sticker bearing the new subtitle plastered over the original. What Trained Bears Can Teach Us About Formerly Authoritarian Countries 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Kinkade, like Bush, peddled a falsely simplified image of the world — one without mildew or flooded basements, for one thing — which, no surprise, turned out to be plastered over a whole lot of stinky stuff. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z An ancient artisan made it by plastering over a human skull and placing pieces of shell in the eye sockets. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Bullet holes have been plastered over, and roadbeds torn by tank treads repaired. After Russian atrocities, a town wants justice. The United Nations might not offer much help 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Makeup artists plastered over the sores on his face, but his eyes were glazed and his performances muted. David Crosby, whose voice soared with the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, dies 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z He was pictured last year wearing a plaster over the affected area. Germany goalkeeper Neuer says he had skin cancer surgery 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z You can beautify the ugly in all sorts of ways, paint and plaster over all the cracks and holes. ‘Miles Walked, Miles Driven’: This Year’s College Essays About Money 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z We keep trying to plaster over history’s fault lines with aphorisms and pablum, but the instability runs deep. Perspective | Unprecedented 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z She said it had been surreal to see her name "plastered over every wall" on student protest posters. Free speech row prof Kathleen Stock: Protests like anxiety dream 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Some sets are designed with “Smile Now, Cry Later” masks, while others have silver charms in the shape of crosses and angels plastered over an ombre sea of blue and violet. Your hands deserve the beauty of airbrushed nails. Tell this L.A. artist we sent you 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z "It's never going to be a long-term solution but it's sticking a plaster over the wound whilst the rest of it heals." Petrol supply: Station queues easing, says forecourt boss 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z With white America's first big insurrection in Bacon's Rebellion, Jefferson as president tried to plaster over the bedrock reality of open rebellion against extreme class inequalities among Englishmen that developed in colonial Virginia and elsewhere. Nothing sacred: From Jefferson to Jan. 6, America's toxic mythologies are destroying us 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “That’s just a sticking plaster over a gaping wound. That is not a solution to the problem,” he added. Britain's trucker shortage jams post-pandemic recovery 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Prof Stock told Woman's Hour presenter Emma Barnett the effect of the protests was "head spinning" and "like some sort of surreal terrible anxiety dream to see your name plastered over every wall". Free speech row prof Kathleen Stock: Protests like anxiety dream 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Her face was plastered over billboards, T-shirts and campaign posters. Suu Kyi’s godlike status drove her Myanmar election win. It threatens to rip the country apart. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Few wouldn’t agree that Union Station needs to be redeveloped to efficiently serve as a multimodal transit hub, but we don’t need to plaster over its classical beauty in the process. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Don’t plaster over Union Station’s classical beauty 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Her name, photo and social media accounts were plastered over the Internet. Column One: At USC, 2 determined women spoke out. Ugly attacks over racism, anti-Semitism, Zionism took over 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z From then on, the logo was plastered over every conceivable piece of merchandise, some licensed, others crude knock-offs. Milton Glaser obituary 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Ignacio de la Vega, the architect who led the project, recalled his excitement as the team sank exploratory holes into the plaster over the altar. Madrid church ceiling restored to glory after centuries under plaster 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z However, when Mexican muralist Siqueiros saw the Wilson mural, he declared that it should be preserved and not plastered over. Yale University art gallery to present exhibit on lynching 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The bullet holes in the courthouse weren’t plastered over until the 1990s. Elizabeth Spencer, prolific short-story writer and chronicler of the South, dies at 98 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z "You get it out there. It happened. It's not like you can change it, and plaster over it, and make people not see it. You accept it." Knocked out in five seconds: What happened next? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The sanctimony was just plastered over these ugly intentions to give all that hate a holy makeover. Why evangelicals won't care about Jerry Falwell Jr.'s apparent sex scandal 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Another carved wooden ceiling, albeit rather simpler, remains buried in plaster over the nave. Madrid church ceiling restored to glory after centuries under plaster 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The story catapulted the Marmont out of its quiet hideaway status and gave it, for a time, a ghoulish cachet that its staff worked for decades to plaster over. These stories explain L.A.'s dazzling rise 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z For a girl who had grown up with travel magazines plastered over her bedroom walls, with ambitions of eventually becoming a doctor, the deterioration was devastating. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Silva, 45, stood outside his house the afternoon following the burials, bandages plastered over his scalp and arm. As new details of Sri Lanka attackers emerge, survivors call for the return of a strongman 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Other remodeling projects included plastering over a wall where the previous owner allowed customers to write graffiti, painting, installing a new floor and gutting the kitchen. Bar aims to keep small town alive as only remaining business 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Bolton promised that “members of this administration will never take a picture in front of Che Guevara, plastered over the Cuban ministry that runs the National Revolutionary Police.” Bolton brands Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua a ‘troika of tyranny’ in sanctions rollout 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “It’s breathable, so you don’t need drywall, and you can use natural plaster over it.” Mudgirls: Meet the women building their own sustainable homes 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The face of the Nationals will be plastered over TV and cyberspace next week as the franchise welcomes everyone to town. Bryce Harper-Nationals split may be best for all 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z One restaurant, Guy’s American, owned by spike-haired celebrity chef Guy Fieri, has closed down and construction of a planned Todd English’s food hall has stalled, its windows plastered over with brown paper. Jared Kushner's property empire had to thrive under Trump, right? Wrong 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The capital of the Canadian oil industry peppered Seattle with an advertising campaign that included stenciled messages on sidewalks and a banner plastered over a building in Amazonia in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Cities crank up publicity stunts as Amazon’s HQ2 bid deadline arrives 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z It's almost like sticking a plaster over the violence. Beaten up for being gay - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Jenner sisters Kylie and Kendall stepped in it big time when they tried to make a buck — actually,125 bucks a pop — selling T-shirts with pics of themselves plastered over iconic rock images. Did You Hear ...? Olivia de Havilland sues, Kendall and Kylie fail and more from the week in entertainment 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Residents of the building said they had noticed cracks a week earlier and that they were plastered over with cement by its owners, before re-emerging again on Monday morning, prompting the call to leave. Building collapses in Kenyan capital, 15 missing 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z While equipping every room of a school or home with filters can clean the air, it’s only a plaster over the larger problem: tackling pollution at the source. Where the wind blows: how China's dirty air becomes Hong Kong's problem 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But it often plasters over the real reason. Sasha Bruce confronts the dark, painful reasons some kids run away from home 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Though large, it is delicate, with fine flowers in red plaster over the archways. Brick by brick 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Most of the holes have been plastered over. The loaded legacy of the UT Tower shooting 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z They tended to try to hide the utilitarian roots of the original building by removing or plastering over timber beams and adding historically inaccurate details like fancy leaded-glass windows and grand neo-Georgian staircases. British Barns With Blue-Blood Prices 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The original log cabin has been plastered over and now serves as the library. ‘Terminator’ star Linda Hamilton puts Leesburg farm up for sale 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Vidal and Buckley argue with visceral sincerity across that fault line, in a way that the routine polemic of today lacks or plasters over. ‘Don’t call me a crypto-Nazi!’ The lost heart of political debate 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Pieces of paper plastered over existing signs, or on tin discs, were occasionally used. How did the UK get the 30mph limit? 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z There was a moment of pain - not much worse than any injection - and then he stuck a plaster over my hand. Office puts chips under staff's skin 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z And a bookmaker, whose branding was plastered over the launch, will have received free publicity worth far more than that. David Ginola paid $380k by bookmaker to seek FIFA presidency 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Though it doesn’t hit the bookshops for another week, advance glimpses of Yes Please are already plastered over the internet. Amy Poehler: sweet queen of comedy with a wicked streak 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Such a procedure would leave a patient with a sticking plaster over a pinhole wound and able to leave the same day, instead of long hospital stays and recovery time. Health technology puts patients first 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Lawn Dude is being plastered over billboards in Southern California, a region that has been particularly hard hit by the drought. This 'Lawn Dude' is trying to get Californians to conserve water 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z "Food banks are an inadequate plaster over a gaping wound," she said. Councils spend £3m on food poverty 2014-03-03T02:38:11Z Oh yeah, and the Nets are looking for a coach again to plaster over their weaknesses, which is also change and more of the same. Leading Off: Knicks’ Fortunes Change in a New York Minute 2013-05-06T15:04:22Z On 21 September last year, he entered at the Ladbrokes betting shop in Nelson, Caerphilly, smelling of alcohol and wearing a waterproof plaster over his right eye. Hoax bomber jailed for robberies 2013-01-09T18:08:28Z If that happened, would have plastered over the cracks and no steps taken to overhaul. India v England – live! 2012-12-08T10:48:00Z In our straw bale house, the six-inch-thick adobe floor and one-inch-thick earthen plaster over the straw bale walls will act as the main thermal mass. Green Blog: First Things First: An Efficient Abode 2012-11-08T13:07:22Z The buildings are, no doubt, of stone, but they are all plastered over with mud, and look as if made of that material. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In one robbery he wore a plaster over one of his eyes, and stole in total more than £7,000, but frittered the money away on drink, drugs and taxi fares. Hoax bomber jailed for robberies 2013-01-09T18:08:28Z When Slyne came aft again, a few minutes later, he was once more cool and clean and spruce in white drill, with a plaster over the cut on his face. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The road encircled the fort, then ran west through a roughly cultivated country, dotted with cabins of logs plastered over with blue clay. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z For a door there is an opening half-way up, plastered over like the rest of the wall. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It was a small narrow house, built of rough stones plastered over and painted bright yellow. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The houses were wattled, and plastered over with clay; and all the furniture and utensils were of wood. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The bride was plastered over with ornaments and her head was bedecked with a great crown of feathers. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z One or two hundred yards in the other direction were two old caw-seens, or storehouses, square structures of a sort of wattlework of poles, weeds and brush, plastered over with adobe and roofed with earth. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z A similar paste, made of powdered indigo leaves, is then plastered over the hair for two hours. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z A black resin is plastered over the opening. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Nay, I will admit that a foreman may plaster over, or hide with a structure, a vein where it is rich in metals. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Mrs. Ashby took charge of Elizabeth, and washed her face; then placed a strip of court plaster over the cut to keep it clean. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Sometimes after the vachtoe had been inclosed with wattle work the whole structure was plastered over with adobe mud and then became a caws-seen, or storehouse. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z After the operation, the tree was bandaged up and plastered over with loam. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The floor of this was laid first and plastered over with a mixture of Portland cement and sand, and when dry it was as hard and firm as marble. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Turf and mud are plastered over the cone-shaped roofs, while in the middle, at the top of each, there is a small opening to let out the smoke. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z The hole made was then filled with a particular preparation, and the flap of skin was replaced and plastered over with mud. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Then the whole structure is plastered over with adobe mud till rain-proof. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z These one-storeyed abodes were composed of sun-baked bricks plastered over, and the flat roofs were lined within by ceilings of deal. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Politicians weren't as worried about being plastered over the press as they are now. Mud, wet and leers 2011-07-29T01:01:24Z I noticed the rattling of the plastering over head. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Occasionally I have fastened a piece of adhesive plaster over a much battered eyebrow, but that made it difficult for the man to go on with his work. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The plasters over the nose plainly located the spot where Sam Hickey’s fists had landed, while the eyes, lips and “cauliflower” ear testified to the power of Dan Davis’s muscular punches. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Another Etruscan trick was plastering over the side of a drain or a bank with a mixture of small stones stirred thickly into mortar like plums in a pudding. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Gouranga At one point it was reportedly plastered over 150 motorway and road bridges, causing much head scratching among drivers trying to work out what it meant. Campaigning by graffiti 2011-05-25T12:24:53Z I rendered him all the aid I could, getting the blood stopped, at length, and a plaster over the wound. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z It's putting plasters over the holes, then not being terribly surprised when those holes open again over the winter. Road repair backlog safety worry 2011-05-12T05:47:56Z She was wrapped in blankets, had hot bottles to her feet and sides, and a mustard plaster over her heart. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z It was shut up, and the walls were plastered over with placards—"To Let." First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z During the race, he seemed to change colour as dramatically and as quickly as The Lamb is supposed to have done, sweat and mud plastering over his almost-white hair and turning him black. Claims Five: Greys in the Grand National 2011-03-25T12:43:31Z I knew it—notwithstanding its being plastered over with the clay. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The idea found favour instantly, and the intelligent person was so much pleased that he ordered a bottle of wine, plastered over with a very costly variety of label, and regretted it. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The largest house and all the headquarters were stoutly built of wood, and then plastered over with clay to the depth of two feet. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z A stray shot from beneath here struck the architrave above their heads, and sent down a mass of plaster over them. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Tape was plastered over their lips, and their limbs were bound. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z My size and the plaster over my eye make me an easy mark for capture. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The chief trouble consisted in the fact that the rock gully by which the ascent is chiefly made was extensively plastered over with ice, a condition in which we nearly always found it. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z His eyes were closed, and wet strands of dark hair were plastered over his forehead. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z If by accident my hand was abraded, I would not go into the hospital without putting a plaster over the affected part. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Nevertheless, six weeks later, just before freezing weather started, a final coating of mud three inches thick was plastered over the entire outside surface of the house. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z Holmgren came back, signed an extension and only continued success would plaster over the underlying disconnect with his boss. Seahawks starting over 2010-08-24T05:32:00Z That decision is like putting a plaster over a compound fracture. Cup shows game needs to move into 21st century 2010-07-12T11:22:00Z The Dining Room In the kitchen, which was turned into the dining-room, the old fireplace had been bricked up to receive a stovepipe, and the woodwork had been plastered over and papered. Remodeled Farmhouses They found London only a little group of huts, very likely made of wickerwork plastered over with mud, and surrounded by a poor wall and ditch. Stories of London The inner face of the dam was of course plastered over with mud and was relatively smooth. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z One more salvo plastered over her, an’ that one got no reply. Sea-Hounds Formerly they had been shamefully plastered over, but now the plaster has been scraped off. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Generally the Coptic Christians were content to build their churches within the ancient temples, plastering over or effacing the sculptures which were nearest to the ground and in the way of the worshippers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" His mansion, like that of all the rich persons of the country, was built of hewn stone, plastered over with chalk, and painted a red color. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth No dates were visible, two panels over the entrances may contain such, but they are carefully plastered over. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The carpenters likewise made a cross which we erected on an elevated base, well plastered over with lime. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. The church is partly subterranean, being built in the recesses of an ancient stone-quarry; the other parts of it are of stone plastered over. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant The colour has been unusually well preserved, owing to the fact that the tomb was plastered over, and not discovered till 1809. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See It's you who flatter us, when you think it necessary to plaster over your defects and put additions on your figures and rouge on your cheeks and frills on your manners. The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man “If you happen to lay the plaster over them before the dampness is entirely gone, you must expect that the sweat of the walls will cast off the plaster.” Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Her hair was plastered over her head in loose, wet little ringlets, and her clothes hung tightly about her body. The Rosie World Come to the table, and allow me to put some plaster over that cut which bleeds so freely. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He thrust aside the silken bandage, under which was visible a long scar with a dirty plaster over it, the inflamed skin showing that the wound was not healed. Timar's Two Worlds They cut open my trousers leg, found where the bullet went in, and, I think, put a strip of adhesive plaster over the wound, and they did the same with the shoulder. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry His hair was plastered over his face and his black clothes clung tightly to his angular frame. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out Happily the sultan allowed the mosaic figures, then exposed to view, to be covered with matting before being plastered over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" “Will I ever forget it?” chuckled Fred, as the picture of his uncle, with his hair plastered over his face and the water streaming from his bony frame, came up before him. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold We left him struggling silently but furiously against an adhesive lobster salad which Mr. Chaplin had, in an absent-minded moment, plastered over his face. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916 No mere education as to alleged right and wrong can plaster over the old economy with new ethical standards. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology When the Austrians converted the convent to military uses the paintings were plastered over, and, although again uncovered in 1895, they were found to be in a much damaged condition. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia I lit, without saying a word, a cotton wick, plastered over with elemi gum, that I always carried with me in my travels, and I began exploring. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The castle walls are of stone nearly three feet thick, plastered over with cement and painted white. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Thus was the attempt made to plaster over this outrageous cruelty by alluding to events which could not, in the very nature of things, be avoided. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences And 25 Harvey Logan, with his black hair plastered over his eyes. Nan of Music Mountain The fourteen columns have been plastered over to make them uniform, but are evidently of different thicknesses, suggesting the use of older material. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia No. 38 was a pretentious house, a tenement building trying to look like a palace, and it was plastered over with dingy yellow stucco. Olive in Italy Nothing but shams—pillars built of bricks, and plastered over to resemble marble. Among the Brigands I placed the sticking plaster over my eyes after it had been taken from Yoga Rama's eyes and, to my surprise, I found I could perfectly well see through it. Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent Finally, when the stoves were replaced by central heating and hot water radiators, the entire fireplace wall was sealed with brick and plastered over. The Fairfax County Courthouse Gwilt describes a half-timber building as "a structure formed of studding, with sills, lintels, struts, and braces, sometimes filled in with brick-work, and plastered over on both sides." Memorials of Old London Volume I Each of them was covered with a sort of heavy awning or roof, made of wet felt, which was plastered over with a coating of clay and vinegar. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Above stairs are the sleeping and store rooms, the divisions between which often consist of slight walls of reeds, plastered over and whitewashed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Several managed to dig peep-holes by detaching the frozen mud that the tramps had plastered over open chinks. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Here you see there is a mud hearth, a wall of clay plastered over the stones of the fireplace. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties We dressed the wound with iodine and put a pad and a piece of plaster over it. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders That monstrous figure of Owen Saxham, based upon an ingenious hypothesis of guilt, and plastered over with a marvellous mixture of truths and falsities, facts and conjectures, grew uglier and more sinister every day. The Dop Doctor In such cases apply a large mustard plaster over the breast. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) In the intervening years, its appearance had been greatly changed by a coat of plaster over the old bricks, which Mr. Hinckley removed. A Portrait of Old George Town The request was granted, and while the work was in progress some of them discovered what seemed to be a door recently plastered over. The True Story Book She knew how slowly money came in 254 on the farm and how impossible it was to raise a mortgage once it was plastered over a piece of land. The Wind Before the Dawn Put hot bottles to the feet, and in severe cases a mustard plaster over the heart. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Spread it on leaves of Linnwood green, and keep the plaster over the ulcer. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed The walls are constructed of reeds, plastered over with loam or red clay. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests And incuriously he watched a saloon-keeper, whose face was plastered over with a huge mustache, come out and hang a sign, "Porter wanted in a.m.," on the saloon door. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life In the part fitted up as a library the principals have been plastered over to imitate stone, and the joists between them concealed by a ceiling. The Care of Books Tom came back also, and between them they managed to pull Hans from the sticky ooze, which was plastered over his trousers and shoes. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht A wound that would kill any European the black would plaster over with mud, and in a week or so be all right. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Having wrapped them in a number of the leaves, he led Rob to the edge of the creek, and here made up a big ball of mud, which he plastered over the entire hand. The Young Alaskans But at last they had the inside poles pretty well plastered over with snow, and the house was finished. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays I dressed the dogs, and combed Dulcie's hair; stuck a plaster over Capi's eye when he was playing the part of an old grouchy man, and forced Pretty-Heart into his General's uniform. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille And yet, in order to leave behind something of himself, he printed his name on the plaster over the chimney-piece. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life I shall have to put a bit of flesh-coloured plaster over it. Adventures in Many Lands On examining it I found that it was formed of grass, plastered over with soft clay. In the Wilds of Africa Of course, the hands all shouted with laughter, their mirth growing all the merrier when the mate presently emerged from his impromptu bath, all dripping and plastered over with mud. The Island Treasure The last hole he escaped by he made with a nail, and it had just been bricked up and plastered over. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah I looked around, and saw a queer-looking structure, built of slabs of stone plastered over. The Land of the Long Night After the grain has been stored, a conical roof is built and plastered over with mud to keep out water. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They had evidently floundered about until they were fairly plastered over with the mud, and looked like imps. The Boy Scouts of Lenox However fresh the complexion of a Muscovite may be, she would think herself very ugly if she was not plastered over with paint. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The houses were neatly built of yellow clay, plastered over and thatched with palm leaves. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Can’t you put some ointment or sticking plaster over the broken place and make it heal or mend up more quickly?” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Old Mr Vanburgh is longing for your next visit, and has his study simply plastered over with portraits of the boy. Betty Trevor Slip down to the doctor, and get him to clap a plaster over your mast-head, and then turn in, if you like. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War They put a plaster over the gap in Zion's wall, which may hide, but does not heal, the breach. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Then they was a long gallery clean across the front with big pillars made out of bricks and plastered over. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Many of the houses were plastered over the rough hewn cedar lath, others were just of the smaller size trees split in two and the interstices filled in. A Little Girl in Old Detroit It is a local belief that, if an earthen pot is filled with salt and plastered over, the rains will stop until it is opened. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Drawing his sword, he cut a large hole in one of the walls and, to his surprise, discovered that they were strengthened by lines of bamboos, which were afterwards plastered over. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti They were all so plastered over with dirt that it was difficult to sort out their nationality. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 The next instant part of it was plastered over Mr. Switzer's face, and, being unable to see, he pawed about wildly, spattering more paste all over, much of it getting on Mr. Bunn. The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film Guano should not be damped unless with water saturated with salt, copperas, or a liberal sprinkle of plaster over the pile. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers The walls are of bamboo matting plastered over with mud. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In the seventeenth century the rich tabernacle-work was sometimes plastered over, probably to preserve it from iconoclastic violence. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. Sometimes the clamp takes the form of a temporary kiln, the outside being built of burnt bricks which are plastered over with clay, and the fire-mouths being larger and more carefully formed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Your head's all right, only one side of it is plastered over with some yaller stuff. Frank Merriwell's Chums The blocks containing the fossils are channelled around, plastered over top and sides, undercut and carefully turned over and the under side trimmed and plastered. d. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections I don't want any kind of old rubbish of brick and stone to be bundled into walls and partitions, and then plastered over "hurry-skurry." Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Thick handfuls of mud from the side of the spring were brought and plastered over the seared strip. The Time Traders These layers of "very dark" material undoubtedly are remains of mud from the adjacent swamps, which was mixed with or plastered over the grass roofs. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 The men threw themselves into the brush, rolling in the thick mold of the vegetable decay on the ground, rubbing its moist plaster over their bodies in frantic haste. Voodoo Planet As soon as all the ducts were laid, the entire bank was plastered over with fairly stiff mortar, which, when properly done, closed all openings. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 His blond hair was always beautifully plastered over a fine brow, and he would never soil his forehead by wearing a green shade when he bent over his typewriter late at night. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Fascinated, I watched it, recognising Grue with his ratty black hair all plastered over his face. Police!!! Both negro rowers came up from their plunge and climbed like cats upon this platform, smearing a mire of sodden plastering over their homespun trousers as they crawled. Old Kaskaskia Constantine had once more plastered over the divisions of the churches with a general reconciliation, but this time Athanasius was condemned and Arius received to communion. The Arian Controversy The inside of the slab walls and chimney we wattled with mud and laths, which we split up, and plastered over with mud and chopped grass. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 He wore still a plaster over one eye, and was much disposed to take it off, but prudence forbade; and thus he stood in the presence of the prim and saintly Bridget Ireton. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 The interior of the church is in that unhappy condition which bespeaks the churchwarden's period—whitewash plastered over everything, obliterating lights and shades and rare carvings beneath a glare of uncouth cleanliness. Round About the Carpathians He still disdained a hat, and his hair was plastered over his forehead in an uneven, scraggly bang. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 If then what is visible on the exterior is so bad, it is also to be feared that the inner walls, which were plastered over, were constructed still worse. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Mustard plaster over the stomach is good in all cases. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The whole building seems fair and stately, and as of stone, but in truth is only wood plastered over; rather a show, to please for a few years, than lasting. A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. Unfortunately, here, as everywhere else, stucco had been plastered over the stone-work. The Wonders of Pompeii I had not gone far, before I saw a native sleeping on a mat spread in the little verandah extending along the front of his house, which was made of basket-work plastered over with mud. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels The floor is then plastered over with cow-dung, and on the thirteenth day the village or family priest must cook and eat his food in that room. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The walls of the huts were formed of small branches of twigs interwoven and plastered over with clay. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 The castle is near the town, seated upon the point of a hill; it is built of brick, plastered over, strong and beautiful. A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. When the house had first been built, it had been treated to a coat of excellent plaster over the adobe, and this plaster had never been renewed. The Pride of Palomar Hamees is building a "tembé," or house, with a flat roof, and walls plastered over with mud, to keep his ivory from fire while he is absent. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 They must have been all night about it, for the 'Live republics—Death to Popes and Priests,' are innumerable, and plastered over all the palaces: ours has plenty. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals These holes were three or four inches in diameter, and many of them were blocked up and plastered over. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The whole is neatly plastered over with a mixture of mud and chopped straw, and in the front a cross is worked in the clay mixture, to insure good fortune. In Indian Mexico (1908) The buildings behind the batteries, built of wood, "slightly constructed and plastered over," were set on fire, and the heat and smoke must have rendered the service of the guns almost impracticable. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. The door was not of wood, but of wicker-work woven across long wattles and plastered over with clay mortar. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Is it, then, You, or is it some burglarious Devil that has broken into your bosom and stolen your soul, who is engaged in plastering over this infernal fester with smooth euphemisms? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 One part of the walls consisted of large posts set in the ground and plastered over, forming a stuccoed palisade. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Along the sides were tiendas, school, etc., well built adobes and plastered over with tinted plaster. In Indian Mexico (1908) The man pushed his plate away, and leaned towards me, elbows on the table, putting close his flat and brutish face, with his wet hair plastered over all the brow he had. London River Painting adds something from the outside, plastering over the canvas with extraneous matter, while sculpture cuts away the unnecessary material and reveals the angel in the marble. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy The brace was formed of upright stakes, interlaced with twigs, and plastered over, inside and outside, with prepared clay—the earliest idea of the modern chimney. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 To plaster over stone-work is a somewhat daring act, and is not architecturally correct, but the appearance of the house is altogether pleasing. Vanishing England But the match is not applied until the whole mass of wood has been covered up and plastered over with mud, to prevent the entrance of any air. Argentina from a British Point of View Such a peace would be a mere plastering over of an unhealed wound, which would break out again before many years were over. Native Races and the War Some of them were part way out of the ground, one hand pressed to the wound, the other pointing, the head sunken and the hair plastered over the forehead by repeated rains. Carry On Letters in War-Time Here was his own handwriting on a very soiled envelop, plastered over with postmarks. Through stained glass She is rather heavy and stout and wears a quantity of brown hair plastered over her temples, which does not give her the height a Queen ought to have. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 His face was cut and plastered over roughly; he was a disgusting sight. Regeneration He was surrounded by a group of boys, motionless as statues, and plastered over with snow. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories In these regions there are no cities, but only villages of low cottages made of boughs of trees, plastered over with chalk and covered with straw; and in these regions there are great deserts. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Poor human heart, so utterly unconscious of its own deep sickness—so willing to plaster over the unhealed wound! Ester Ried It is a common enough little house which we see, built of stone, plastered over, in the fashion of the French provinces, and very low. Jean Francois Millet The nest is a compact cup, neatly made of fine grass-stalks, with an outer coating of dry bamboo-leaves plastered over with cobwebs; it is fastened to the supporting branches by cobwebs. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Like the generality of houses in California, this was only one story high, and was built of piles driven into the ground, interlaced with boughs and sticks, and then plastered over with mud and whitewashed. California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts It was in shape something like a melon, but bigger, and it seemed to be plastered over with a black mould. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories He crumbled at her feet, his palms plastered over his eyes and his fingers clutched deep in the high nap of his hair. Every Soul Hath Its Song The walls of the rooms are plastered over with a description of firm polished enamel, frequently looking like marble, and covered with beautiful frescoes. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Another one was constructed entirely of fine roots, like the khus-khus used for tatties, and plastered over like the former with cobwebs. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 I afterwards revisited the place, but the wall had been plastered over, and no indications remained where the death-shot had penetrated. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 The doors are almost square, and the chimneys are nothing but long straight poles, arranged in a circle and plastered over thickly with clay. Tent Life in Siberia All about how mother's wandering boy found himself all plastered over with the mortgage and worked nights to get out from under. Every Soul Hath Its Song The next place was a small house made of willow poles set in the ground and plastered over with mud. Death Valley in '49 We're only well-intentioned fools who go around putting plasters over the sores. The Precipice A mile back I had found, in a crooked reach, some native huts, built of sticks and neatly plastered over, with doors so narrow that none of our broad-shouldered fellows could enter. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The poor starosta of Yolofka, with dripping clothes, blue lips, chattering teeth, and black hair plastered over his white cheeks, seemed upon the point of giving out. Tent Life in Siberia So Yu-lang hung a jewel in his left lobe, and stuck a small piece of plaster over his right ear, so that it might seem it had suffered a slight wound. Eastern Shame Girl It is constructed of red sandstone, plastered over with a fine white polished stucco, which served both as a protection to the stone and as a ground for coloured decoration and gilding. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood It was painted about 1450, and probably by the eminent German painter, Martin Schongauer; but having been utterly neglected and forgotten, it was finally plastered over, no one knows when. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 The houses were mostly built of wattling, plastered over with clay; and the beds were only straw pallets, with a log of wood for a pillow. The Grammar of English Grammars Sometimes when these straight arches are to be plastered over they are constructed in a very clumsy manner, which is anything but sound, and from time to time they give way. Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 It is possible that these stones were plastered over, and probably highly ornamented, as in Deuteronomy, xxvii. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 The houses were wattled, and plastered over with clay, and all the furniture and utensils were of wood. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829 The materials, however, of which Mocha is constructed, are nothing better than unburnt bricks, plastered over, and whitewashed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 The house was one of those ancient buildings, consisting of a frame of oak wood, the internal filled up with brick, plastered over. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 So for that day, at least, Mr. Ladley became Mr. Holcombe again, and as such accepted ice in quantities, a mustard plaster over his stomach, and considerable nursing. The Case of Jennie Brice The walls were all plastered over with posters and proclamations. The Aspirations of Jean Servien And at last they hauled out the mud from the bottom to plaster over the desert that was here, so oranges and olives and grapes could take to growin'. The Port of Adventure Among the patients was one who, we were told, was remarkable for his extravagant love of finery, and whose cell was plastered over with glaring colored prints and patches of colored paper ornamentally disposed. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America Has there ever been an instance in which cement was used for a purpose other than to plaster over the Land? Down with the Cities His long wet hair plastered over the face concealed his features. Tracks of a Rolling Stone He was immaculate in white jacket and apron and his hair was plastered over his brow with infinite correctness. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets A tall, elderly man, with smooth white hair plastered over his forehead, very precisely dressed, and with a gait so careful as to be almost mincing, was approaching their table. The Pawns Count Cyrus, if you knew how you looked with your face plastered over o' lather, you'd wipe it off, an' hand me down that key. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life The beavers use their tails-which are large and flat, with scales instead of hair at the root-for plastering over their buildings and beating the clay into shape. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude It contained an altar built up of stone, plastered over and painted, measuring at the base 2 feet 8-1/2 inches by 2 feet 2 inches and 3 feet 7 inches high. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The cottages are almost in every instance thatched, with ridges plastered over with a kind of cobb mud. Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2 The houses of the people of Eboe are of a superior kind, and are constructed of yellow clay plastered over, thatched with palm leaves, and surrounded by plantations. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa I know I can hold on, no matter how much filth is plastered over my head as you crawl over me. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Just as he had surmised, the bricks had been laid from the inner side, and plastered over within. The Ghost of Guir House They were constructed of adobe brick and of stone, and plastered over in both cases with gypsum, which made them a brilliant white; and some were constructed of a red porous stone. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines The native houses are constructed in the usual manner, of small poles and bamboo, plastered over with clay, and thatched. Journal of an African Cruiser This is an unwalled town; the huts for the most part are made of split cane, twisted into a sort of wicker-work, and plastered over with mud. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa I was found before my head got cool, and plastered over with leaves and ointment. Hide and Seek The children had measles and mumps and were put to bed on the grass with leaf plasters over their faces. Five Little Friends They are constructed of adobe brick, and of stone embedded in adobe mortar, and plastered over. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines The great hall door had been closed up, plastered over within, and rendered inoffensive. Chantry House I called on an army surgeon for mustard, of which, I placed a plaster over the seat of the pain, that had become so severe as to cut every breath. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences It was a large brick building, plastered over as already described, and whitewashed. Tom Cringle's Log The firing now began, most of the bullets hitting the wall only a few inches above the recumbent Captain's head, scattering dust and bits of plaster over his purple face. The Purple Land The interior walls in two rooms shown by engravings were plastered over. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Thus they continued to work,—and work, too, with a will, if any creatures ever did,—till I had seen nearly the whole of the last layers plastered over. Gaut Gurley Occasionally a young man with a plaster over a wound on his cheek would walk up and down the road-bed on the far side of the car. Over the Pass The huts were substantially thatched with palm leaves, and the walls woven with a basket—work of twigs, plastered over with clay, and whitewashed; the floors were of baked clay, dry and comfortable. Tom Cringle's Log They had houses made of timbers framed together, lathed and plastered over with a kind of red clay, which gave them the appearance of having been built of brick. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe The corner of the box was plastered over with sheets of white paper, in which there was no break. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record Among them General Vast-Vimeux, lean, old, and little; his lank white hair plastered over his temples, in full uniform, with his laced hat on his head. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness He had two strips of sticking plaster over his nose. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John A road was accordingly made, and laid with strong planks and wooden rails, which were plastered over with tallow. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation By three in the afternoon I was as unkempt as any tinker, my hair plastered over my eyes, and every fold of my coat running like a gutter. Salute to Adventurers An instant passed... and a round head, all plastered over with wet hair, showed above water, it was blowing bubbles, this head; and floundering with two hands just at its very lips. On the Eve Beau Montjoy was not starved out after all, he thought with a laugh, he was only plastered over with malaria and dirt. The Battle Ground The house on the northeast side looks as if built of snow, so evenly is it plastered over. Nature's Serial Story Mud was plastered over him from head to foot, while the muddy water was dripping from hair, mouth, ears, eyes and nose. The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail Approaching Doregow, met 3 pundits; also a fakeer, mounted on a pony; he was plastered over with sugar to collect flies, and was covered with them. Following the Equator, Part 5 It is one hundred feet in length, and twenty feet high, with walls four feet thick, neatly plastered over with mud mortar. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley If the pain is severe, a spice plaster over the abdomen will be found to be very comforting. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene And, on his naked shoulder, I saw a smear of balsam plastered over with a hazel leaf, where a bullet had left its furrow. The Hidden Children Judith assumed a most sedate attitude, but did not succeed in hiding a forlorn rent in her skirt even with a very broad palm plastered over it. Jane Allen, Junior It is built of stone, which appears as if it had been plastered over, is three stories high, and the windows are all of the same size, and at regular intervals. The Kellys and the O'Kellys So I plucked up courage, and gave a pull at the bell; and a very fat, big man, with his head all plastered over with powder, opened the door, almost before I had done ringing. Basil It looked as if the whole island were plastered over with a coating of liquid chocolate. South Wind You laugh at a dog that is half-clipped, at a bed of artificially coloured flowers, at a wood in which the trees are plastered over with election addresses, etc. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Madly determined to put both boys into chairs, tie them and clap adhesive plaster over their mouths, I rushed out upon the piazza. Helen's Babies The walls were plastered over with newspaper-cuttings, with old prints from illustrated journals, with snippets torn off valentines and keepsakes. Australia Felix These they plastered over with mud and painted in different colours and designs. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia As soon as the ceremony has been performed, the tree is bound tightly up and the fissure plastered over with mud or clay. The Golden Bough He had the excited staring eyes of a fanatic, and his hair now very scanty, was plastered over his head in black shining streaks. The Captives While he was speaking the door opened and into the room came a player, tall, lanky, with a pale, gaunt face, plastered over the forehead with damp wisps of straight, black hair. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Now, what must Richard do but uproot the creepers and pull down the verandah, thus baring the walls to the fierce summer heat; plaster over the brick; and, more outlandish still, add a top storey. Australia Felix Elephant been here, plastered over with circus-bills, any broke up a revival, striking down and damaging many who were on the point of entering upon a better life. The Stolen White Elephant I took it into the outhouse, again shifted the cupboard, and plastered over the mouth of the oven behind. Desperate Remedies This plastering over of insects' eyes by the orchids might be serious business, indeed, were not the lepidoptera gifted with numerous pairs. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The idea clearly was that by cleansing away the filth plastered over the body was symbolised the pure and free condition of the initiate. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Elsewhere it is plastered over anew, and more particularly in the appanages. The Ancient Regime The next day the stones were plastered over. Robert Falconer The vacant lot was fenced in with high boarding plastered over with flaring sheets advertising whiskies, sauces, and theatrical ventures. T. Tembarom Judging that he had at last made a beginning at the plastering over of old scars, Carraway went on as if the other had not spoken. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields McWhirter went back to his hospital, the day after our struggle, wearing a strip of plaster over the bridge of his nose and a new air of importance. The After House The houses were for the most part built of such unsubstantial materials as stick and mud plastered over with mortar—pretty enough in exterior, but rotten in ten or twelve years. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The door creaked and the tall figure of a man, plastered over with snow from head to foot, appeared in the doorway. The Witch and other stories It had spread words like plaster over the whole field of knowledge. Phaedrus Millions of trees, in some districts, are plastered over with mud tubes, galleries, and chambers. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader |
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