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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let her paint an inch thick. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Lending itself to being painted; as, a highly paintable landscape; made of sturdy eminently paintable wood. Opposite of unpaintable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A brush used to apply paint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Painted beauty (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. --
Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]