frescoing
present participle of fresco
frescoing (plural frescoings)
A fresco.
The ceiling was covered in ornate frescoings.
Source: Wiktionary
Fres"co, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. Etym: [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
Fres"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing.]
Definition: To paint in fresco, as walls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 May 2024
(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
