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kalsomine|ˈkælsəʊmaɪn|
[Trade-name: recorded earlier than calcimine.]
= calcimine. Also as v. trans. and intr., to whitewash with kalsomine. Hence ˈkalsomined ppl. a., ˈkalsominer, ˈkalsomining vbl. n.
1840Athenæum 20 June 502 Kalsomine. 1858W. A. Butler Two Millions 42 From lowest basement up to topmost attic, The whole was gorgeous, glaring and prismatic; Pannelled and kalsomined. 1883Harper's Mag. Mar. 503/2 Paint and kalsomine can not be counted upon. 1884H. G. Carleton Thompson St. Poker Club 20 An extensive kalsomining contract. 1888Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Mar. 11/1 Over face, arms, neck,..and bosom she spreads a coat of liquid white... In plain words, she, as it were, kalsomines herself. 1891H. C. Bunner Zadoc Pine 166 White kalsomined bedrooms. 1893K. A. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. California 81 Those who feel an unctuous joy in painting the lily, kalsomining the calla, and adding perfumes to the violet. 1904‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xiv. 248 Let me kalsomine you a little mental sketch to consider. 1916H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap iv. 128 He was a painter and grainer and kalsominer and paperhanger. Ibid. 135 He..began to paper and paint and grain and kalsomine. 1924Spectator 1 Nov. 640 These walls can be whitewashed or covered with vines on the outside and kalsomined within. 1936L. C. Douglas White Banners iii. 57 The specifications for improvements: a new sink, repair of the hot-water machine, kalsomining in the kitchen. 1945B. MacDonald Egg & I (1946) 49 We laid new floors; put in windows; kalsomined the walls. |