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Webster 1913 Edition

Painting

Paint′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
2.
(Fine Arts)
The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
3.
Color laid on; paint.
[R.]
Shak.
4.
A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Syn. – See
Picture
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Webster 1828 Edition

Painting

PA'INTING

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ppr.
Representing in colors; laying on colors.

PA'INTING

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Noun.
The art of forming figures or resembling objects in colors on canvas or other material, or the art of representing to the eye by means of figures and colors, any object of sight, and sometimes the emotions of the mind.
1.
A picture; a likeness or resemblance in colors.
2.
Colors laid on.

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