repaintn.
/ˈriːpeɪnt/, U.S. /ˈriˌpeɪnt/ 1. A paint used in repainting; a layer of colour added in repainting.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > types of
lac1558
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encaustic1662
lake1684
virgin tint1706
mosaic gold1746
bronze1753
gold bronze1769
cake colour1784
musive gold1796
sap-colour1816
repaint1827
moist colour1842
bronze powder1846
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > repaint, overpaint, or underpaint layer
repaint1827
underpaint1934
overpaint1944
1827 J. Wilson Shaksperiana Pref. p. xxvi The fatal cotton, dipped in the ingredient necessary to clean off the re-paint and dirt.
1891 Portfolio Mar. 51 There were parts of the surface from which it removed the original fresco-pigments or the tempera repaints.
1901 R. Fry Let. 10 Dec. (1972) I. 182 I am at present cutting off the sky with a knife and have found a marvellous landscape underneath, entirely concealed by repaints.
1935 Burlington Mag. Nov. 202/1 The picture was..then almost entirely covered with re-paint.
1992 D. Chotner Amer. Naive Paintings 132/1 There are a few larger areas of repaint in the background, particularly on the right side.
2. The fact of being painted again; an act of painting something again. Frequently in repaint job. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun] > product of painting > type or method
house painting1688
overpainting1843
repaint1893
respray1922
overspray1942
overpaint1944
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > repainting
repainting1820
repaint1893
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Jan. 2/1 Although it has suffered somewhat from repaint..it still remains one of the most beautiful single heads produced by Renaissance painting.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 41/1 A good program of paint maintenance..consists of one initial paint job when the house is erected and ten or twelve subsequent repaint jobs.
1964 G. Marx Let. 27 Oct. (1967) 258 I will be in London in April, doing a repaint job on my old quiz show.
1968 ‘S. Jay’ Sleepers can Kill vii. 74 The car was a black Opel in need of a repaint.
2008 Tablelander (Atherton, Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 37 These days Rex prefers repaints and maintenance work but will do some new work as well.
3. Something that has been repainted; esp. a car, toy, etc., that has been repainted in order to restore its appearance. Also in extended use.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun] > something repainted
repaint1917
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > ball > types of
floater1717
gutta1857
feathery1881
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feather ball1893
repaint1917
1917 Manitoba Free Press 1 June 18 (advt.) ‘Silver King’ Golf Balls. Repaints 25c.
1922 P. G. Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert i. 16 Why, you are a pearl among women, the queen of your sex... You make the rest look like battered repaints.
1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xiv. 148 ‘How's the car business?’.. ‘I sold a lovely repaint in Norwood last week... We faked it up lovely—registration book and everything.’
1955 Times 23 Aug. 4/4 Repaints cost as much as new balls used to.
2004 Grit (Nexis) Oct. 28 New collectors also have to watch for repaints, replaced wigs and replaced shoes or replaced clothes being palmed off as originals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
repaintv.
/ˌriːˈpeɪnt/, U.S. /riˈpeɪnt/ transitive. To paint again or in a different way (literal and figurative); (now) esp. to cover with a fresh coat of paint.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > paint [verb (transitive)]
paintc1275
depaintc1320
englose1430
bepaint1567
superficialize1593
repaint1600
overpaint1611
repassa1806
colour-wash1850
distemper1870
respray1880
to paint out1902
aerosol1979
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > paint [verb (transitive)] > repaint, reground, or reline
repaint1600
reground1832
reline1886
1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue ii. xx. sig. P2 I iudge it not amisse, if I repaint the same..in a more familiar tongue.
a1700 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 159 Till vanishing Sleep Edmund re-possess'd, Repainting it in Dreams upon his Breast.
1711 W. Oldisworth Dial. Timothy & Philatheus III. 259 He ordered the defaced Images of the Father and Son..to be Repainted.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxv. 157 The coach was repainted upon my father's marriage.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris Pref. p. ix The first thing they do with one of Raphael's pictures is to repaint it.
1888 H. Ellis in Ford's Plays (Mermaid Ser.) p. xiv The conflict between the world's opinion and the heart's desire he paints and repaints.
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Apr. 13/1 (advt.) 14 roomed house, just overhauled, repainted and in first class condition.
1956 Railway Mag. Nov. 763 (caption) The engine was repainted for the new South Wales Railway Centenary.
2003 Westside News (Brisbane) 2 July 4/5 Cr Prentice (Walter Taylor) called on council to..repaint the graffitied vans.
Derivatives
reˈpainted adj.
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repainted1809
1809 B. H. Latrobe Let. 29 Mar. in Sel. Lett. D. P. Madison (2003) 113 They..shall be sent on, repainted.
1864 Reader 26 Nov. 667/3 The inferior and repainted works at Fiesole.
1950 Billboard 1 Apr. 128/2 (advt.) Guaranteed reconditioned and repainted slots.
2003 C. F. Luckey & R. E. Lewis Collecting Antique Bird Decoys & Duck Calls 25/2 Far the most desirable repainted decoy is one that has been repainted by the original maker.
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