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The Meaning of fresco

  • (a.) A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.
  • (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.
  • (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.
  • (a.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
  • (v. t.) To paint in fresco, as walls.

Rhymes

amfesco , defrancesco , difrancesco , esco , francesco , genesco , gesco , gianfrancesco , gresko , invesco , lesko , maresco , mesko , moresco , tedesco , telesco , tesco , vesco , wesco