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megilp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun megilp has 1 sense
- megilp(n = noun.substance) magilp - a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine; Array is a kind of medium
CIDE DICTIONARY
megilp, n.
A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
megilp, n. (also magilp) a mixture of mastic resin and linseed oil, added to oil paints, much used in the 19th c.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
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