Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR'GET, n. [Sp. parche, a plaster; emparchar, to plaster. Qu.]

1. Gypsum or plaster stone. – Encyc.
2. Plaster laid on roofs or walls. – Spenser.
3. Paint. – Drayton. Parget is applied to the several kinds of gypsum, which when slightly calcined, is called plaster of Paris, and is used in casting statues, in stucco for floors, ceilings, &c. – Cyc.