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Epigeous :: Epigeous (a.) Same as Epigaeous.

Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Sea Pig :: Sea pig () A dugong.

Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

Impasto :: Impasto (n.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.

Colcothar :: Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis..

Epigeum :: Epigeum (n.) See Perigee.

Mitter''s Green :: Mitter's green () A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium..

Piggeries :: Piggeries (pl. ) of Pigger.

Moco :: Moco (n.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy..

Umber :: Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below..

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

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..

Pignora :: Pignora (pl. ) of Pignu.

Pigeonry :: Pigeonry (n.) A place for pigeons; a dovecote.

Epigrammatist :: Epigrammatist (n.) One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them..

Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments..

Palpiger :: Palpiger (n.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.

Rhodophane :: Rhodophane (n.) The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See Chromophane.

Lampblack :: Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements..

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