Fresco

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.
     fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]
     1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;
        shade. [R.] --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     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 .
          [1913 Webster]
  
     {al fresco} in the open air; out of doors; outdoors; as, to
        dine al fresco.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fresco \Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frescoed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Frescoing}.]
     To paint in fresco, as walls.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fresco
       n 1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
       2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors
          on wet plaster
       v : paint onto wet plaster on a wall
       [also: {frescoes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "fresco":
     abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen,
     begild, besmear, block print, brush on paint, calcimine,
     calcimining, coat, coating, collage, color, color print,
     complexion, copy, cover, covering, cyclorama, dab, daub, deep-dye,
     dip, diptych, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel,
     enameling, engild, engraving, face, fast-dye, gild, gilding, glaze,
     glazing, gloss, glossing, grain, hue, icon, illuminate,
     illumination, illustration, image, imbue, ingrain, japan,
     japanning, lacquer, lay on color, likeness, miniature, montage,
     mosaic, mural, paint, painting, panorama, parget, photograph,
     picture, pigment, prime, priming, print, representation,
     reproduction, shade, shadow, shellac, shellacking, slop on paint,
     smear, stain, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life,
     stipple, stippling, tableau, tapestry, tinct, tincture, tinge,
     tint, tone, triptych, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, varnishing,
     wall painting, wash, whitewash, whitewashing
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Fresco
       
          1.  An {object-oriented} {API} for
          {graphical user interface}s, under development by the {X
          Consortium} as an open, multi-vendor {standard}.
       
          2.  An {object-oriented}
          {specification language}.
       
          ["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case
          Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993].
       
          (1996-04-28)