Found 2 items, similar to Fresco.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fresco
fresco
n 1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors
on wet plaster
v : paint onto wet plaster on a wall
[also:
frescoes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fresco
Fresco
\Fres"co\, n.; pl.
Frescoes or
Frescos. [It., fr.
fresco fresh; of German origin. See
Fresh, a.]
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1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;
shade. [R.] --Prior.
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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 .
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Fresco
\Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Frescoed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Frescoing.]
To paint in fresco, as walls.
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