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distemper
A water-soluble paint using egg-yolk or glue size as a binder. Used mostly for flat indoor wall decoration.
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Distemper:
Paints made by mixing pigment with water and bound with casein, glue or egg. Widely used before the arrival of emulsion.
Distressed (or Distressing): ...

distemper - paint with distemper
illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
miniate, rubricate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" ...

Distemper - old form of painted decoration made from chalk and animal glue.
Dormer - a window built out from a roof slope.
Dormer Cheek - the vertical side of a dormer window.

Several recipes exist for distempers or whitewash, all of which basically involve a white base pigment which is often crushed chalk, a size and water. When used as a paint, the water evaporated leaving the chalk bound onto the surface.

Water hammer - A tapping sound in a water pipe which may occur when a tap is suddenly closed, causing the water column to vibrate
Water jetting - Water Blasting
Water-based paint - Emulsion paint or distemper ...

See also: Ground, Scribe, Plaster, Finish, Ridge

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