unsized
1 Britishadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Thinning oils with turpentine, they stained pigment into unsized canvas so that the brush stroke is invisible but the colors clash like a warring spectrum.
From Time Magazine Archive
He lets some of the unsized canvas show, slashes his diagonal abstracts with repeated sharp right angles in a series of bright shades that assault the eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen works in plastic paint on unsized canvas.
From Time Magazine Archive
A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Unsized paper, like that out of a blotting-book, is the best suited for making into touch-paper; paper is rendered unsized by being well soaked and washed in water.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton
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