Definition of paint

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Paint (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface..

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Partiality :: Partiality (n.) A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting..
Roset :: Roset (n.) A red color used by painters.
Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art..
Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..
Paint :: Paint (n.) A pigment or coloring substance.
Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Painter :: Painter (n.) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint..
Paintless :: Paintless (a.) Not capable of being painted or described.
Altarpiece :: Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..
Repaint :: Repaint (v. t.) To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture..
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass..
Stenciler :: Stencil (v. t.) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil..
Potboiler :: Potboiler (n.) A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living..
Slush :: Slush (v. t.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Gurjun :: Gurjun (n.) A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus laevis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint..
Vandyke :: Vandyke (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
Minium :: Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead..
Arabesque :: Arabesque (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together..
Picture :: Picture (v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
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