distemper A water-soluble paint using egg-yolk or glue size as a binder. Used mostly for flat indoor wall decoration. distyle ...
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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