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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

paint
     n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a
          surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a
          liquid); dries to form a hard coating
     2: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the
        cheeks [syn: rouge, blusher]
     v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He
          painted a painting of the garden"
     2: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms
        yellow"
     3: make a painting of: "He painted his mistress many times"
     4: apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of
   peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los
   many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture,
   Pigment, Pint.]
   1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to
      paint a house, a signboard, etc.

            Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
                                                  Kings ix. 30.

   2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
      colors; to diversify with colors.

            Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.

            Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with
            delight.                              --Shak.

   3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat
      surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors
      or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with
      paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

   4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
      vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

            Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her
            wickedness.                           --Shak.

            If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.

   Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
        draw; describe.
Paint \Paint\, v. t.
   1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints
      well.

   2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

            Let her paint an inch thick.          --Shak.
Paint \Paint\, n.
   1.
      (a) A pigment or coloring substance.
      (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with
          gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

   2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Paint, PA (borough, FIPS 57544)
  Location: 40.24280 N, 78.84900 W
  Population (1990): 1091 (386 housing units)
  Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary 

Paint
   Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of
   painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer.
   4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the
   name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in
   the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.