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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1617-1676
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(Plaster,) Plaister, n.2 Also: plasttir, pleastter. [f. Plasterar n., by haplology; also in the mod. north. Eng. dial. as plaister.] = Plasterar n. —1617 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 73.
For 2 going over the watter for the plaisteris mouldis 1661 Greyfriars Interments 73.
Alexander Brown, pleastter 1676 Ib. 90.
James Buchanan, plasttir
