单词 | eggshell finish |
释义 | > as lemmaseggshell finish c. Used attributively or as adj. as a term of colour or of a paint finish intermediate between flat and glossy, e.g. eggshell enamel, eggshell finish, eggshell glaze. (See also quot. 1929). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [adjective] > types of paint > type of paint finish natural1888 eggshell1894 1894 F. B. Gardner Painters' Encycl. 119 Egg-shell gloss, a term frequently used by painters. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 8/3 A costume of egg-shell blue cheque silk. 1908 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/3 The sun is reflected by its front of dull white terra-cotta stone with egg-shell glaze. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 5/2 People argue of paints, and enamels, and varnishes, and..whether the true ‘egg-shell gloss’ has been obtained or not. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Sept. 684/1 That beautiful, characteristic, velvety, egg-shell enamel is highly artistic. 1925 Arts & Decoration Mar. 82/2 The egg-shell finish of the freshly laid egg..is the dull finish the decorators now prefer. 1929 A. E. Owen-Jones Retail Stationer's Handbk. 193 Eggshell Finish, a finish imparted to notepapers by omitting the calendering; the surface is dull, and is covered with pin-point pores. 1936 C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree vii. 96 A sky of egg-shell blue. 1943 W. Wilcox in 55 Short Stories from N. Yorker (1949) 139 She was wearing dark blue..and a neat little eggshell blouse. 1953 Gloss. Paint Terms (B.S.I.) 27 The following stages in increasing order of gloss are normally recognized:—Flat (or matt)... Eggshell flat. Eggshell gloss. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love v. 88 Electric candelabra..round all the eggshell walls. 1958 Woman 22 Feb. 2/1 Gloss, matt, flat, eggshell paints go over themselves or each other. < as lemmas |
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