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Webster 1913 Edition


Kalsomine

Kal′so-mine

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
T.
Same as
Calcimine
.

Definition 2024


kalsomine

kalsomine

English

Noun

kalsomine (countable and uncountable, plural kalsomines)

  1. Calcimine.
    • 1884, March 21, "Kalsomining An Officer", The New York Times,
      When the policeman tried to take Gunn into custody he defended himself with a kalsomine brush to the great detriment of the officer's uniform.
    • 1840 June 27, "Domestic" section in Preston Chronicle,
      The Preston Chronicle reports that Kalsomine, invented by Miss Fanny Corbaux, has "been lately introduced to public notice"
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 275:
      The walls and ceiling of the little hall were lined with tongue-and-groove boards that had been, mistakenly, coated with kalsomine.

Verb

kalsomine (third-person singular simple present kalsomines, present participle kalsomining, simple past and past participle kalsomined)

  1. To calcimine.