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Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.

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  1. n. Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.
  2. n. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  3. 1. (Paint.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt. 2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  4. Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, --formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt.
  5. n. Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. n. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.