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.
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.
PAINTED
Paint"ed, a.
1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.
2. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted
bunting. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle
butterfly.
— Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise
(Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.