1. (n.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, usually on walls and ceilings\.

2. (n.) A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

3. (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.

4. (n.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

5. (v. t.) To paint in fresco, as walls.

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