stucchi

Noun

stucco (countable and uncountable, plural stuccoes or stuccos or stucchi)

1. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
   • The intervals having been filled with stucco, after the manner described under that head, each is sprinkled with water, and well rubbed with the float until the surface becomes perfectly smooth. This stucco must be thoroughly dry before the paint or other finishing is applied.1869, Cassell’s Household Guide: Being a Complete Encyclopædia of Domestic and Social Economy, and Forming a Guide to Every Department of Practical Life, volume IV, London: Cassell, Petter, and...

   Synonyms:

   plaster, render

2. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
3. A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
   • A stone staircase ‘well furnished with stucco’ led to Dr. Delany’s panelled but otherwise undecorated library, Mrs. Delany’s boudoir or bedroom opening through an arched doorway on her painting closet and a fine drawing room about 30 ft. by 25 ft. which gave a splendid view over the city – fastigia...1967, C. P. Curran, Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, London, →ISBN, page 20

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