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Fresco :: Fresco (a.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix..

Bantam Work :: Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

Lettering :: Lettering (n.) The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting..

Gradate :: Gradate (v. t.) To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize..

Plumbism :: Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..

Make-up :: Make-up (n.) The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character..

Limner :: Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..

Emblaze :: Emblaze (v. t.) To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon..

Grained :: Grained (a.) Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping..

Minium :: Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead..

Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..

Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..

Phantasmagoria :: Phantasmagoria (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another..

Vivid :: Vivid (a.) Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination..

Paintless :: Paintless (a.) Not capable of being painted or described.

Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.

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