Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paint"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Paint
Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of
painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer.
4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the
name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in
the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of
peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los
many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture},
{Pigment}, {Pint}.]
1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to
paint a house, a signboard, etc.
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
colors; to diversify with colors.
Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with
delight. --Shak.
3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat
surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors
or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with
paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her
wickedness. --Shak.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.
Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
draw; describe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paint \Paint\, v. t.
1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints
well.
2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Let her paint an inch thick. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paint \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.
2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paint
n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a
surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a
liquid); dries to form a hard coating
2: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the
cheeks [syn: {rouge}, {blusher}]
v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He
painted a painting of the garden"
2: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms
yellow"
3: make a painting of: "He painted his mistress many times"
4: apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
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