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Definition of Distempering
1. distemper [v] - See also: distemper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distempering
Literary usage of Distempering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Painting by Jehan-Georges Vibert (1892)
"CRAYONS, distempering, EGG-PAINTING, WATER BODY-COLOURS. WHEN colours are ground
merely with water, it is the medium of cohesion added to them to make them ..."
2. The Rudiments of Practical Bricklaying by Adam Hammond (1890)
"distempering OF CEILINGS, WALIS, ETC. For this purpose the work should be well
washed with clean water and scraped with the trowel, so as to thoroughly ..."
3. The Book of the Home: An Encyclopaedia of All Matters Relating to the House by H. C. Davidson (1905)
"... AND distempering. Ingredients.—The ingredients required for the proper making
of whitewash and distemper are size and whiting (carbonate of lime). ..."
4. Mortars, Plasters, Stuccos, Artificial Marble, Concretes, Portland Cements by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1916)
"The cutting-out and making good appears at the end of the bill in the form here
given. Bough Cast.—15. As clauses 8 and 10. Lime Whiting and distempering. ..."
5. The Engineer's & Mechanic's Encyclopeadia ...: The Machinery & Processes by Luke Hebert (1849)
"distempering.—The principal difference between oil and distemper painting i«,
... There are several colours used for distempering that will nut do fur oil, ..."
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