Paint"ing , n.
1. The act
or employment of laying on,
or adorning with, paints or colors.
2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which
objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or
scene; a picture.
3. Color laid on; paint. [R.]
Shak.
4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Syn. --
See Picture.
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