Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Black, flesh-colored, or transparent silk varnished with a solution of isinglass to which benzoin or glycerin etc., is sometimes added, used for covering slight wounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds
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Examples
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Go fetch me some court-plaster out of the middle drawer in the japan cabinet.
The Virginians 2006
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She cut black court-plaster with her nail-shears and tried different-sized pieces in different places.
The Financier 2004
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He took his hat off, and did as he was bid, disclosing only a narrow slip of court-plaster.
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Her complexion, naturally high in tone because of the pink of health, was enhanced by the tiniest speck of black court-plaster laid upon her cheekbone; and her hair, heightened in its reddish-gold by her dress, was fluffed loosely and adroitly about her eyes.
The Financier 2004
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So was the settling of a minute bit of court-plaster just to the left of the dimple in her chin, an unusual piece of coquetry in which Polly would not have indulged, if an almost invisible scratch had not given her an excuse for doing it.
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"I was taking back some court-plaster I had," replied Alice.
Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods Allen Chapman
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He had put a piece of flesh-colored court-plaster over his wound, not healed it.
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Then laying it down, he took out his pocket-book and cut off a little three-cornered strip of pink court-plaster, and made repairs on the bill.
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I'll get the witch-hazel and arnica and court-plaster.
Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz
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Bill was pasting court-plaster over the scratches and bruises on his features.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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