clearcole
[kleer-kohl]
- size mixed with white lead, used especially as a priming in house painting.
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Origin of clearcole
1815–25; < French claire colle, equivalent to claire feminine of clair clear + colle < Greek kólla glue
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clearcole
- a type of size containing whiting
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- (tr) to paint (a wall) with this size
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Word Origin
C19: from French claire colle clear size
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