3 entries under this word

Painter

Pāint'er, n.

noun

n. One whose occupation is to paint; one skilled in representing things in colors.

Painter's colic (Med.), a disease to which painters, and those who work with poisonous preparations of lead, or in any manner receive them into the system, are subject, the principal symptoms of which are violent pains in the abdomen, obstinate constipation, and cramps in the limbs.

Pāint’er, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Ir. painteir, a net, gin, snare, that which holds, paintearāim, I ensnare, painte, a lace, cord.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to any thing. Totten.

Pāint’er, n.

noun

n. [A corruption of panther.] The cougar or panther (Felis concolor). [U. S.] F. Cooper.