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A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

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  1. a. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.
  2. a. The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.
  3. a. In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.
  4. a. A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
  5. v. t. To paint in fresco, as walls.
  6. n. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
  7. n. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
  8. v. paint onto wet plaster on a wall
  9. 1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior. 2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b. To paint in fresco, as walls.
  10. n:100 n. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster n. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster v. paint onto wet plaster on a wall