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coloring
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Coloring
(gcide) | Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coloring.] [F. colorer.]
1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing,
staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to
stain.
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The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in
them there is nothing else than a certain power and
disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that
color. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a
false appearance to; usually, to give a specious
appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make
plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were
colored by his prejudices.
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He colors the falsehood of [AE]neas by an express
command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden.
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3. To hide. [Obs.]
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That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
--Spenser.
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Coloring
(gcide) | Coloring \Col"or*ing\, n.
1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces
color.
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2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance;
show; disguise; misrepresentation.
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Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.
--Compton
Reade.
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Dead coloring. See under Dead.
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coloring
(wn) | coloring
n 1: a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food
color made from vegetable dyes" [syn: coloring,
colouring, food coloring, food colouring, {food
color}, food colour]
2: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they
emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of
many different wavelengths of light" [syn: color, colour,
coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
3: the act or process of changing the color of something [syn:
coloring, colouring] |
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coloring book
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coloring
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coloring book
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coloring material
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food coloring
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hair coloring
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Dead coloring
(gcide) | Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my
lord, is dead." --Shak.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. "The ground is a dead flat." --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. "Dead in trespasses." --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.
Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.
Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.
Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting
rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a
stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
the lever L.
Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.
Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.
Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.
Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.
Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." --Morley. See
Mortmain.
Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.
Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.
Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.
Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.
Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.
Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.
Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.
Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.
Dead-Sea apple. See under Apple.
Dead set. See under Set.
Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.
Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.
Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.
Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.
Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.
Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.
To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.
Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
[1913 Webster]Coloring \Col"or*ing\, n.
1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces
color.
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2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance;
show; disguise; misrepresentation.
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Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.
--Compton
Reade.
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Dead coloring. See under Dead.
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Discoloring
(gcide) | Discolor \Dis*col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored; p. pr.
& vb. n. Discoloring.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F.
d['e]colorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color,
color color. See Color.] [Written also discolour.]
1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a
different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine
will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
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2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a
false hue upon.
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To discolor all your ideas. --Watts.
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Protective coloring
(gcide) | Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.]
Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a
protective Providence." --Feltham.
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Protective coloring (Zool.), coloring which serves for the
concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
Mimicry. --Wallace.
Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to
secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished
from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and
Protection, 4.
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coloring
(wn) | coloring
n 1: a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food
color made from vegetable dyes" [syn: coloring,
colouring, food coloring, food colouring, {food
color}, food colour]
2: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they
emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of
many different wavelengths of light" [syn: color, colour,
coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
3: the act or process of changing the color of something [syn:
coloring, colouring] |
coloring book
(wn) | coloring book
n 1: a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored
with crayons by children |
coloring material
(wn) | coloring material
n 1: any material used for its color; "she used a different
color for the trim" [syn: coloring material, {colouring
material}, color, colour] |
food coloring
(wn) | food coloring
n 1: a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food
color made from vegetable dyes" [syn: coloring,
colouring, food coloring, food colouring, {food
color}, food colour] |
hair coloring
(wn) | hair coloring
n 1: a dye or tint for the hair [syn: hair dye, {hair
coloring}]
2: coloring of the hair; "her hair-coloring was unusual: a very
pale gold"
3: the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair |
graph coloring
(foldoc) | graph colouring
graph coloring
A constraint-satisfaction problem often used
as a test case in research, which also turns out to be
equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. {register
allocation}). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of
colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node,
subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot
be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an
NP-complete problem.
See also four colour map theorem.
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