Definition of distemper

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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..

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Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.
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..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
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..
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..
Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.
Rabid :: Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox..
Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..
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