clear-colen.
/ˈklɪəkəʊl/, U.S. /ˈklɪ(ə)rˌkoʊl/ A preparation of size mixed with whiting or white-lead used as a first coating in house-painting; a coating of size to promote the adherence of gold-leaf in gilding.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > size
sizec1440
animal size1799
clear-cole1823
sizing1825
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > coat
clear-cole1823
trencher-coat1839
vermeil1839
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 417 Clearcole and Finish, which is the cheapest kind of painting. The whole is painted over with a preparation of whiting and size to form the ground. Over this a coat of oil-colour, prepared with lead, called the finish, is laid.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 563/2 In oil-gilding, a coat of clear-cole is laid on intermediate between the white stuff and the oil gold-size.
Derivatives
clear-cole v. to apply clear-cole to.
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > apply coat of paint > paint with specific coat
second-colour1812
clear-cole1867
undercoat1953
1867 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) ii. iii. 695 There is a process used by painters termed clear-coleing, which is executed with white lead ground in water, and mixed with size.
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