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In some of the Southern States, a horse or other animal which is spotted, is called a paint. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
In some of the Southern States, a horse or other animal which is spotted, is called a paint. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.