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| What is Stucco? Noun 1. Stucco - a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces 2. Plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings 3. Render - a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls | 
| Verb 1. Decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings"; adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify; make more attractive by adding ornament, color, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day”. 2. Coat with stucco; "stucco the ceiling"; coat, surface; put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" | In Italy a form of decoration known as graffito is often applied to a stucco wall. In ancient Greece a form of stucco was often used over coarse stonework to give a fine surface suitable for receiving detail. The Romans employed stucco similarly on external surfaces and, with notable success, as an interior finish; for indoor work they used a mixture of plaster of Paris or powdered marble, capable of receiving a high finish. The term stucco is also applied to various forms of interior decoration in relief that more properly would be classified as plastering. | Stucco, in architecture, a term loosely applied to various kinds of plasterwork, both exterior and interior. It now commonly refers to a plaster or cement used for the external coating of buildings, most frequently employed in Mediterranean countries. It usually consists of a mixture of cement or lime and sand, applied in one or more coats over a rough masonry or frame structure; the finish is troweled, floated, or rough textured. The finish called roughcast or rock cast, formerly common in England and the United States, consists of small gravel or other pebbles mixed with wet plaster and thrown or dashed forcibly against a freshly plastered wall. |  | Bibliography:
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