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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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
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 temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
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.) To intoxicate.
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.
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.
Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.
Tempera :: Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Blendwater :: Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
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