| 单词 | punic wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPunic wax Punic wax n. [after classical Latin cēra Pūnica] historical a purified and partly saponified yellowish wax used by the ancient Greeks, esp. as a carrier for pigments. ΚΠ 1791 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius Archit. II. vii. ix. 169 When the wall is finished and dried, lay over it..a coat of punic wax , melted and tempered with a little oil. 1848 R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting 350 Punic wax (cera Punica) was..the common yellow wax, purified and bleached by being boiled three times in sea-water, with a small quantity of nitre. 1997 Independent 13 May ii. 5/2 Some of the portraits were carried out in hot wax... Others were carried out, more deliberately, in cold or ‘punic’ wax, a medium close to egg tempera which tended to produce more idealised and statuesque likenesses. < as lemmas |
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