Found 3 items, similar to Distempering.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: distemper penyakit binatang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: distemper distemper n 1: any of various infectious viral diseases of animals 2: an angry and disagreeable mood [syn: ill humor, ill humour ] [ant: good humor] 3: paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder 4: a painting created by distemper 5: a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery v : paint with distemper
English → English (gcide) Definition: Distempering Distemper \Dis*tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering.] [OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. d['e]tremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.] 1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster] 3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. “Distempered spirits.” --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 4. To intoxicate. [R.] [1913 Webster] The courtiers reeling, And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered, But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 5. (Paint.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size. [R.] [1913 Webster]