siccative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of siccative
1540–50; < Late Latin siccātīvus, equivalent to Latin siccāt ( us ) (past participle of siccāre to dry up; see sack 3, -ate 1) + -īvus -ive
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It washes and works capitally in water, and dries quickly in oil, in which it is employed as a siccative.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
If you put a little siccative de Harlem in it, or use any picture varnish thinned with turpentine, it will serve well enough.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
It is an excellent dryer in oil, and has often been used as a siccative with other colours, but it cannot safely be so employed except with the ochres, earths, and blacks in general.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
These agents might, with advantage, be more generally used in the place of litharge for rendering oils siccative.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
In his researches, he discovered the use of linseed and nut oil, which he found most siccative.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
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