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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pricking-up

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01 n. 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 th…
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    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.(Arch.) Also: scratch coat