Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emplaster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emplaster \Em*plas"ter\, v. t. [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F.
empl[^a]trer. See {Emplaster}, n.]
To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good
appearance. [Obs.] ``Fair as ye his name emplaster.''
--Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emplaster \Em*plas"ter\, n. [OF. emplastre, F. empl[^a]tre, L.
emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to plaster
up, daub over; ? in + ? to form, mold, apply as a plaster.]
See {Plaster}. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
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