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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr & vb n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten fr F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr L. pingere, pictum; cf Gr poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf {Depict}, {Picture}, {Pigment}, {Pint}.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to as to paint a house, a signboard, etc Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix 30. 2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. 3. 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. 4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict. Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. If folly grow romantic, I must paint it --Pope. Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paint \Paint\, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as the artist paints well 2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it Let her paint an inch thick. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paint \Paint\, n. 1. a A pigment or coloring substance. b The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like for application to a surface. 2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paint n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating 2: a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: {rouge}, {blusher}] v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" 2: apply paint to coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow" 3: make a painting of: "He painted his mistress many times" 4: apply a liquid to e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Paint, PA (borough, FIPS 57544) Location: 40.24280 N, 78.84900 W Population (1990): 1091 (386 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Paint Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
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