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calcimine
or °ì²¹±ô·²õ´Ç·³¾¾±²Ô±ð
[ kal-suh-mahyn, -min ]
noun
- a white or tinted wash for walls, ceilings, etc.
verb (used with object)
calcimined, calcimining.
- to wash or cover with calcimine.
calcimine
/ ˈkælsɪˌmaɪn; -mɪn /
noun
- a white or pale tinted wash for walls
verb
- tr to cover with calcimine
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦²¹±ôc¾±Â·³¾¾±²Ôe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of calcimine1
First recorded in 1860–65; calci- + (kalso)mine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of calcimine1
C19: changed from Kalsomine, a trademark
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“He’s always getting paint and calcimine all over his clothes,†said Bill.
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All that happened down there was an occasional shower of calcimine.
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The desks had been taken up and placed along the four walls, seats outward, tops forming a ledge against the calcimined stones, making a splendid place for those youngest children who had turned out!
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The paint and calcimine tint suited me, of course.
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Thrown across the end of the bed, the shawl she had danced in, blazing with gay color, cast the reflection of its carmines and yellows on the calcimined wall.
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