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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See 1st {Paint}.]
One whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
(a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like,
with paint.
(b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a
flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
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{Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}.
{Painter stainer}.
(a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb.
(b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing
this name.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the
colic, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the colon. The disease is so named
from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.]
(Med.)
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,
obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
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{Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile
duct.
{Intestinal colic}, or {Ordinary colic}, pain due to
distention of the intestines by gas.
{Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal
colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by
chronic lead poisoning.
{Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
{Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above.
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