megilp

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /məˈɡɪlp/

Noun

megilp (countable and uncountable, plural megilps)

  1. (art) A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. [from 18th c.]
    • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 202:
      He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint.
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