Plaster, Plaister
Plaster, Plaister
This was used to cover the walls of houses, Lev 14:42-48; Dan 5:5; and was also spread on large stones, on which the law could be inscribed. Deu 27:2-4; Jos 8:32. It may have been compounded of different substances for divers purposes. In Isa 38:21 plaister is used in a medical sense as spread on a boil.