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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..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.

Rabid :: Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox..

Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.

Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..

Tempera :: Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

Atrocious :: Atrocious (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..

Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..

Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..

Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

Blendwater :: Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected..

Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.

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..

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

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