calcimine
noun
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L317610 on Wikidata ↗verb
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L331069 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
- A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
“If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?”
verb
Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
- To coat with this substance.