From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Painter \Paint"er\ (p[=a]nt"[~e]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose,
snare, F. panti[`e]re, 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zool.)
The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate
pronunciation, U. S.] --J. F. Cooper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Painter \Paint"er\, 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.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [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.
Note: Hence:
{Poonah brush},
{paper},
{painter}, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[=u]"m[.a]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zool.)
A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from
Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its
color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain
lion}, and {panther} or {painter}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to
Icel. b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf.
{Bateau}.]
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1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
or paddles, but often by a sail.
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Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as,
canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
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2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is
sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
class; as, the Cunard boats.
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3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination;
as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat
keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat
racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
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{Advice boat}. See under {Advice}.
{Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back,
fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log,
etc. --Totten.
{Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a
{painter}.
{In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament.
[Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
painter
n 1: an artist who paints
2: a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
3: a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for
tying up (as when docking or towing)
4: large American feline resembling a lion [syn: {cougar},
{puma}, {catamount}, {mountain lion}, {painter}, {panther},
{Felis concolor}]
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