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• Painter

  ·noun The panther, or puma. II. Painter ·noun One whose occupation is to paint. III. Painter ·noun...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• painter

  In the country the popular name of the cougar or panther (felis concolor). Vanderdonck, in his "Hist...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• painter

  A rope attached to the bows of a boat, used for making her fast: it is spliced with a thimble to a r...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Painter, William

  (1540?-1594) Translator, etc., ed. at Camb., was then successively schoolmaster at Sevenoaks, and C...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• religious painter

  One who does not break the commandment which prohibits the making of the likeness of any thing in he...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lazy painter

  A small temporary rope to hold a boat in fine weather. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• shank-painter

  The stopper which confines the shank of the anchor to the ship's side, and prevents the flukes from ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jack the Painter

  n. very strong bush-tea, socalled from the mark it leaves round the drinker's mouth. 1855. G. C. M...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cutting his painter

  Making off suddenly or clandestinely, or "departed this life." ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall

  On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward. First mention...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.