Hypertext Webster Gateway: "painter"

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

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.

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

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.

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

Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo["o]l.)
The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate
pronunciation, U. S.] --J. F. Cooper.

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

Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {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.

{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.

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

Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[=u]"m[.a]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.

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



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.

{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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}, {panther}, {Felis concolor}]


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