Pricking-up
Pronunciation : Prick"ing-up
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat. Brande & C.
(Arch.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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