Definition of distemper

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Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..

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Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.
Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..
Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..
Atrocious :: Atrocious (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers..
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..
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