Paint"ed, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Coleridge.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle;
painted bunting.
Painted beauty (Zoˆl.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa
Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.), any
plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts
are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia
coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. --
Painted finch. See Nonpareil. -- Painted lady (Zoˆl.), a bright-colored
butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zoˆl.), a common
American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and
yellow markings beneath.
Paint"er (pnt"r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantiËre, LL.
panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r
beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A
rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten.
Paint"er, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zoˆl.) The panther, or puma. [A
form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.
Paint"er, n. [See lst Paint.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
(a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with
paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a
flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. -- Painter
stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a
livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
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Paint"er*ly (?), a. Like a painter's work. [Obs.] "A painterly glose of
a visage." Sir P. Sidney.
Paint"er*ship, n. The state or position of being a painter. [R.] Br.
Gardiner.
Paint"ing, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with,
paints or colors.
2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which
objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored
representation of any object or scene; a picture.