GR translation:

[Mark Kohut]

1917 Report:
BASE OR BACKGROUNDS FOR GYPSUM PLASTERS'oe GROUNDS Method of Setting
Grounds f "For wood lath, the total nominal thickness including lath
wood lath and plaster shall be % inch for three-coat dry- scratched or
...

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> V646.40-647.3   . . . here the two men are, dry-scratched precisely,
> attentively on this afternoon, and the bells across the canal are tolling
> the hour: the men have come from very far away, after a journey neither
> quite remembers, on a mission of some kind. But each has been kept ignorant
> of the other’s role . . . .
>
> What exactly is "dry-scratched"?
>
> I have found one reference that might be relevant:
>
> https://books.google.ca/books?id=t9n14bcARecC&pg=PA65&dq=%22dry-scratched%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATgeahUKEwjarfrD_unHAhULXZIKHQlFAbk#v=onepage&q=%22dry-scratched%22&f=false
>
> I guess it would apply to media other than pottery as well?
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