Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring;
used as a wash for walls and ceilings;
VERB (1)
1.
cover with calcimine;
- Example: "calcimine the walls"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calcimine \Cal"ci*mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcimined; p.
pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.]
To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calcimine \Cal"ci*mine\, n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.]
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering
of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white
or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calcimine
n 1: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and
coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings
v 1: cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "calcimine":
apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brush on paint,
chalk, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, daub, deep-dye, dip,
distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face,
fast-dye, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate,
imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on color, paint, parget,
pigment, pipe-clay, prime, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint,
smear, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone,
undercoat, varnish, wash, white, whitewash