*paint*

p. p. [ F. dépeint, p. p. of dépeindre to paint, fr. L. depingere. See Depict, p. p. ] Painted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depainting. ] 1. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And do unwilling worship to the saint
That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One who depaints. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To paint{ 1 } with fingerpaint.
Syn. -- use fingerpaint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A type of paint having the consistency of a thin paste or jelly, which is applied to a surface by dipping fingers into the paint and smearing the paint on the surface, usually in artistic patterns. It is used primarily by children. [ PJC ]

n. Creating pictures using finger paint. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Theatrical makeup, generally. [ PJC ]

v. t. To paint; to adorn with colors. [ R. ] “To impaint his cause.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To paint ill, or wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. piç 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let her paint an inch thick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Lending itself to being painted; as, a highly paintable landscape; made of sturdy eminently paintable wood. Opposite of unpaintable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A brush used to apply paint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, --
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. --
Painted finch. See Nonpareil. --
Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. --
Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear. ] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. of panther. ] (Zool.) The panther, or puma. [ A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S. ] J. F. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Paint. ] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. --
Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a painter's work. [ Obs. ] “A painterly glose of a visage.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or position of being a painter. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A device designed to rapidly cover a surface with paint by ejecting a spray of paint from a reservoir onto the surface by means of compressed air or other special mechanism. Also called a paint sprayer. Use of a paint gun is an efficient method to rapidly paint large surface areas. [ PJC ]

2. A device resembling a rifle, designed to shoot a small quantity of paint at an opponent as part of a game often conducted at specially-designed indoor locations, or outdoors. Points are awarded to players who hit their target; success in hitting one's target is made obvious by the appearance of a spot of paint on the player who is hit. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Color laid on; paint. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being painted or described. “In paintless patience.” Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. peinture. See Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture. ] The art of painting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Poona, in Bombay Province, India. ] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Hence:
Poonah brush,
paper,
painter, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. paint packaged in a spray can. [ PJC ]

v. t. To paint (a surface) by means of a spray, using a spray can or spray gun. [ PJC ]

n. A paint applied to small areas of a painted surface, to cover small blemishes, especially on an automobile. [ PJC ]