See Also: backworm(medicine)

watercolour (iou) and backworm (medicine)


watercolour (iou)



watercolour noun. Also *watercolor. LME.
[from WATER noun + COLOUR noun.]
The colour of water; blue, greyish-blue. LME-L16.
A pigment for which water, not oil, is used as a solvent. Usu. in pl. L16.
A picture painted with watercolours; the Art of painting with watercolours. L17.
watercoloured adjective (a) rare of the colour of water; (b) painted in watercolours: E18.
watercolourist noun a person who paints in watercolours M19.

backworm (medicine)


backworm


A disease of hawks. See Filanders.

Origin: 2d back,+ worm.

Source: Websters Dictionary