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Coat of paint   /koʊt əv peɪnt/   Listen
Coat of paint

noun
1.
A layer of paint covering something else.






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"Coat of paint" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the "General" with a brand new coat of paint and varnish in a deal box, consigned to His Worship, the Mayor of Quebec sent by unknown hands, was made an occasion of rejoicing to every friend of the British hero whom Quebec contained, and they ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... only have a coat of paint or whitewash to make them look fresh and cheerful, what an improvement it would be! Noll thought. How the sun would gleam upon them with his last ruddy rays as he sank into the sea! How fair and pleasant they would look ...
— Culm Rock - The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught • Glance Gaylord

... full growth. String-beans might be had for asking, and petits pois were literally a drug. I saw the tents of the French, extending in a line beneath the shades of the trees; and there was la Petite Pauline (the schooner) on her ways, actually undergoing the process of receiving her first coat of paint. As for la Pauline, herself, I could just discover her lower mast-heads, inclining at an angle of forty-five degrees from the perpendicular, through ...
— Afloat And Ashore • James Fenimore Cooper

... the joints. In every respect this material for roofing is preferable to any other description now in use. As to its durability, there can be no doubt that it would remain perfectly whole for ages, if covered occasionally with a coat of paint, and even without that preservative, rust would not affect it materially for a period of fifty years at least. As compared with copper, the cost would be nearly one half, as it is expected the iron can be furnished ...
— Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 • Various



Words linked to "Coat of paint" :   coating, flat coat, finish coat, pigment, priming coat, undercoat, primer, paint, finishing coat, priming, coat, ground, primer coat



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