A paintbrush made with fine hair tapered to a point, esp. a small brush suitable for delicate work; (formerly also) †a large brush suitable for…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of (26) pencila1350 A paintbrush made with fine hair tapered to a point, esp. a small brush suitable for delicate work; (formerly also) †a large brush suitable for… calaber pencil1583 A kind of fur, apparently obtained from some foreign species of the squirrel; now, commercially, applied especially to the fur of the grey or… washing-brush1585 softener1756 A soft paintbrush used for blending or shading. Cf. badger softener n. at badger, n.2 compounds 2. hair-pencil1763 a painter's brush made of camel's hair or the like. camel('s) hair pencil1771 The long hairs from the tail of a squirrel, used to make artists' paint-brushes. Also attributive, as in camel('s) hair brush, camel('s) hair pencil. pound brush1780 a large paintbrush. dabberc1790 A brush used in stereotyping for pressing the damped paper into the interstices of the type, or for various purposes in gilding, photography, etc. varnishing brush1825 attributive, as varnishing brush. writer1825 A paintbrush with long bristles tapered to a point, used esp. for lettering or signwriting. Now somewhat rare. red sable1859 the fur of the Siberian weasel or kolinsky (Mustela sibirica), used esp. for artists' brushes; (also red sable brush) a brush made from this. sweetener1859 Painting. A brush used for ‘sweetening’: see sweeten, v. 8b. varnish brush1859 fitch1873 A brush made of the hair of a fitchew or polecat; also, a small brush made of hog's hair. sable-brush1873 Made of the hairs of the sable. wash-brush1873 a large brush for ‘washing’ or laying on washes of colour. Poona brush1875 a stumpy round-headed paintbrush used for Poona painting. hake1882 A wide, flat, soft paintbrush originating in Japan, typically having bristles of goat hair and used esp. in watercolour painting. Also more fully… rigger1883 More fully rigger brush. A thin paintbrush with long bristles and a fine point, suitable for delicate work. airbrush1884 A device for spraying colour over a surface by means of compressed air. liner1886 (See quot. 1886.) sable1891 Painting. A brush made of the sable's hair. Cf. kolinsky, n. stippler1891 A brush or engraving-tool used for stippling. aerograph1898 (a) = airbrush, n.; (b) (esp. in the terminology of modernist artist Man Ray) a work of art made using an airbrush. mop brush1904 a round paintbrush with a short thick head. filbert brush1950 More fully, filbert brush. A kind of brush used in oil-painting, having a flattened, oval, bristle head; also as adj., designating this shape of… |
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