Definition of "calcimine" [cal•ci•mine]

• A white or tinted liquid containing zinc oxide, water, glue, and coloring matter, used as a wash for walls and ceilings. (noun)
• To cover or wash with calcimine. (verb-transitive)

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• "The matte acrylic will look different and wear longer than the calcimine."
• "They often use calcimine - lime and color - which is beautiful but not always very practical."
• "The 741st was notified on 10 January that calcimine had become available. 52 The 743d Tank Battalion, which had seen some of the toughest fighting in the Bulge, was first able to apply coats of lime to its tanks of the line on 11 January 1945.53 The"