| painted beauty | (n) American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots, Syn. Vanessa virginiensis | | painted daisy | (n) spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum, Syn. Chrysanthemum coccineum, Tanacetum coccineum, pyrethrum | | painted desert | (n) a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona | | painted greenling | (n) greenling with whitish body marked with black bands, Syn. convictfish, convict fish, Oxylebius pictus | | painted nettle | (n) perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon, Syn. Coleus blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides, Solenostemon blumei, Joseph's coat | | painted sandgrouse | (n) sandgrouse of India, Syn. Pterocles indicus | | painted tongue | (n) Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat, Syn. Salpiglossis sinuata | | painted turtle | (n) freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States, Syn. Chrysemys picta, painted tortoise, painted terrapin | | painter | (n) an artist who paints | | painter | (n) a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint |
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| Painted | a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. [ 1913 Webster ] As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. [ 1913 Webster ]
Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, --
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. --
Painted finch. See Nonpareil. --
Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. --
Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | painted wolf | n. (Zool.) Same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog. [ PJC ] | | Painter | n. [ OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear. ] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Painter | n. [ Corrupt. of panther. ] (Zool.) The panther, or puma. [ A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S. ] J. F. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Painter | n. [ See 1st Paint. ] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]
Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. --
Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Painterly | a. Like a painter's work. [ Obs. ] “A painterly glose of a visage.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Paintership | n. The state or position of being a painter. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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