"Set-Fair" is a word in ENGLISH
In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.
[Tolstoy] does not necessarily get rid of [his angry] temperament by undergoing religious conversion, and indeed it is obvious that the illusion of having been reborn may allow one's native vices to flourish more freely than ever, though perhaps in subtler forms.
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A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.""You must work in Technical Support," says the balloonist."I do," replies the man. "How did you know?""Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but completely useless."The man below says: "You must be in management.""I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?""Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're still in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
n. plaster, bandage; poultice, anodyne; also, a piece of banana leaf placed over a pot of rice under the cover …
Read the complete definitionA cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, …
Read the complete definitionbányos - (Sp. baño) Ointment, salve, unguent, leaves, etc. used as a plaster for rubbing in or massaging; massage; to …
Read the complete definitionA board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base …
Read the complete definitionTo plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
Read the complete definitionbidâ - To stop a hole or leakage in a pot or other vessel with plaster, thick paint, cement, etc. …
Read the complete definitionA vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
Read the complete definitionTo imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an …
Read the complete definitionTo give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of …
Read the complete definitionThe act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means …
Read the complete definitionA smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Read the complete definitionbúli - To cover with paste or paint, to plaster, paste over, daub, smear, spread, overspread, overlay, coat. Bulíha ang …
Read the complete definitionA white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
Read the complete definitionThat which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze …
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act …
Read the complete definitionTo line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Read the complete definitionThe lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
Read the complete definitionAn unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that …
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