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paint (pānt)
1. a liquid designed for application to a surface, as of the body or a tooth.
2. to apply a liquid to a specific area as a remedial or protective measure.

paint (pnt)
n.
A solution or suspension of one or more medicaments applied to the skin with a brush or large applicator.
v.
To apply medicine to; swab.

paint
Etymology: Fr, peindre
1  v, to apply a medicated solution to the skin, usually over a wide area.
2  n, a medicated solution that is applied in this way. Kinds of paint include antiseptics, germicides, and sporicides.

paint
1. commercial paint products are used in animal accommodation. Most contain some lead, even so-called lead-free paints. Therefore they are capable of causing lead poisoning in animals.
2. see pinto.


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Byline: BY RONNIE HAUGHEY A GROUP of players from Rathfriland were painting the town red on Sunday night after they won a 5-a-side tournament in Dundalk that could eventually see them strutting their stuff at Wembley before the Johnstone Paint Trophy final.
PAINTING and decorating may be the name of the game for Newmarketbased former apprentice John Blake these days, but he was painting the town red after Bookiebasher Babe had given him and partners John Henry and Tony Newby a first victory as owners at Southwell last week.
This week, those footballers have been painting the town red again.
 
 
 
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