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calcimine collapse: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings; cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"

parget collapse: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys; apply ornamental plaster to

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

shellac collapse: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood; lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white; cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

dye collapse: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair; color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

fresco collapse: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster; paint onto wet plaster on a wall

hue collapse: the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength; take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"

aground collapse: with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground"

stipple collapse: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"; apply (paint) in small touches; make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink; engrave by means of dots and flicks

tinge collapse: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

tint collapse: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

stranded collapse: with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water

dab collapse: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey"; hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder"; apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"

illuminate collapse: add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

daub collapse: an unskillful painting; material used to daub walls; cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"; apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"

glaze collapse: coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.; a glossy finish on a fabric; any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods; become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored"; coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"

whitewash collapse: a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects; wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces; a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score; exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data; cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"; cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"