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Webster 1913 Edition
Painted
Paint′ed
,Adj.
1.
Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a
Upon a
painted
shipUpon a
painted
ocean. Coleridge.
2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Marked with bright colors;
as, the
painted
turtle; painted
bunting.Painted beauty
(Zool.)
, a handsome American butterfly (
– Vanessa Huntera
), having a variety of bright colors, Painted cup
(Bot.)
, any plant of an American genus of herbs (
– Castilleia
) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea
has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. Painted finch
. See
– Nonpareil
. Painted lady
(Zool.)
, a bright-colored butterfly. See
– Thistle butterfly
. Painted turtle
(Zool.)
, a common American freshwater tortoise (
Chrysemys picta
), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.Webster 1828 Edition
Painted
PA'INTED
,pp.
1.
Represented in form by colors.2.
Described.