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water paint

[′wȯd·ər ‚pānt]
(materials)
A paint in which the vehicle or binder is dissolved in water; examples are calcimine in which the vehicle is glue, and casein paints in which the vehicle is casein.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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