Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fresco"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.
fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;
shade. [R.] --Prior.

2. (Fine Arts)
(a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before
it dries.
(b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on
plaster in any manner.
(c) A painting on plaster in either of senses
a and
b .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fresco \Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frescoed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Frescoing}.]
To paint in fresco, as walls.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fresco
n 1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors
on wet plaster
v : paint onto wet plaster on a wall


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