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English
Etymology
Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
Noun
calcimine (countable and uncountable, plural calcimines)
- A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
1983 August 6, Stephanie St. John, “Advice Needed”, in Gay Community News, page 18: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?
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calcimine (third-person singular simple present calcimines, present participle calcimining, simple past and past participle calcimined)
- To coat with this substance.
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