calcimine
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
Noun
[edit]calcimine (countable and uncountable, plural calcimines)
- A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
- 1983 August 6, Stephanie St. John, “Advice Needed”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
- If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?
Synonyms
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[edit]form of whitewash
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Verb
[edit]calcimine (third-person singular simple present calcimines, present participle calcimining, simple past and past participle calcimined)
- To coat with this substance.
Derived terms
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[edit]coat with this substance
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