Meaning of CALCIMINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kalsu`mIn
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- [n] a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings
- [v] cover with calcimine, of walls
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| | See Also: | | wash, water-base paint, whitewash | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cal"ci*mine\, n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.]
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering
of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white
or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt {kalsomine}.]
\Cal"ci*mine\, v. t. [imp. &p. p. {Calcimined}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Calcimining}.]
To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
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| | Related Terms: | | apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brush on paint, chalk, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face, fast-dye, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on color, paint, parget, pigment, pipe-clay, prime, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smear, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat, varnish, wash, white, whitewash |
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