kalsomine

plural kalsomines

1. countableuncountableCalcimine.

   1840 June 27, "Domestic" section in Preston Chronicle, The Preston Chronicle reports that Kalsomine, invented by Miss Fanny Corbaux, has "been lately introduced to public notice"

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   When the policeman tried to take Gunn into custody he defended himself with a kalsomine brush to the great detriment of the officer's uniform.

   1884 March 21, “Kalsomining An Officer”, in The New York Times

   The walls and ceiling of the little hall were lined with tongue-and-groove boards that had been, mistakenly, coated with kalsomine.

   1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 275

present singular third person kalsomines · participle present kalsomining · participle past kalsomined · past kalsomined

1. To calcimine.