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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1637
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(Plastered,) Plaistered, ppl. a. [ME. and e.m.E. plastrid (Wyclif), playsterede lit., e.m.E. plaistered (1626) fig., f. Plaster v.] Covered or embellished with plaster (Plaster n.1 3). fig. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 171.
An over-guilded & fair plaistered world 1637 Ib. 187.
This plaistered fair out-sided world 1637 Ib. 220.
Love … careth not for the world's busked and plaistered offers
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