To prepare, as a pigment, for use in distemper painting.

To change the temper or due proportions of.

To disease; disorder; derange the bodily or mental functions of.

To deprive of temper or moderation; ruffle; disturb.

To become diseased.

noun. A method of painting in which the colors are mixed with any binding medium soluble in water, such as yolk of egg and an equal quantity of water, yolk and white of egg beaten together and mixed with an equal quantity of milk, fig-tree sap, vinegar, wine, ox-gall, etc.

noun. A pigment prepared for painting according to this method.

noun. An unbalanced or unnatural temper; want of balance or proportion.

noun. undefined

noun. Disease; malady; indisposition; any morbid state of an animal body or of any part of it: now most commonly applied to the diseases of brutes.

noun. Specifically

noun. A disease of young dogs, commonly considered as a catarrhal disorder.

noun. Want of due temperature; severity of climate or weather.

noun. Want of due balance of parts or opposite qualities and principles.

noun. Ill humor; bad temper.

noun. Political disorder; tumult.

noun. Uneasiness; disorder of mind.

noun. Synonyms Infirmity, Malady, etc. (see disease), complaint, disorder, ailment.

Lacking self-restraint; intemperate.

transitive verb. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

transitive verb. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

transitive verb. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.

transitive verb. To intoxicate.

transitive verb. To mix (colors) in the way of distemper.

noun. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.

noun. Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold.

noun. A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes

noun. Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.

noun. Political disorder; tumult.

noun. undefined

noun. A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.

noun. A painting done with this preparation.

noun. A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.

noun. A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

noun. A water-based paint.

noun. A painting produced with this kind of paint.

verb. to disturb and disorder, hence to make sick

verb. to paint using distemper

verb. paint with distemper

noun. any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

noun. an angry and disagreeable mood

noun. a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

noun. a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

noun. paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

"– They will not only ask what produced a scar, but they will insist upon knowing how long you have been troubled with it, whether the distemper is hereditary in your family, and whether you ever expect it will appear again."

choking distemper  common distemper  distemper colors  

paint  painting  picture  pigment  

kemper  temper  

catarrh  contagion  debility  dysentery  epidemic  

Texas fever  abnormality  acute disease  affection  affliction  

tempera  

distempered  distempering  distemperred  distempers