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megilp
[muh-gilp]
noun
a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
megilp
/ əˈɡɪ /
noun
an oil-painting medium of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine
Word History and Origins
Origin of megilp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of megilp1
Example Sentences
But Turner and others added paint matrix, called “gumtion” or “megilp,” a mixture of lead acetate, linseed oil, turpentine, and dried resin from mastic trees.
The same result may be obtained by the use of megilp, a mixture employed by artists.
More good, by Jupiter, than all the paint and megilp that ever was wasted!
If Wilson had never looked at anything but megilps and handling, he never would have put the soul of life and manners into his pictures, as he has done.
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