Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.]

A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.

Note: Hence:

Poonah brush,

paper,

painter, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Painter \Paint"er\ (p[=a]nt"[~e]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[`e]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.]

(Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. --Totten.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Painter \Paint"er\, n. [Corrupt. of panther.]

(Zo["o]l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.]

--J. F. Cooper.

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Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst Paint.]

One whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
   (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
   (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic.

Painter stainer.
   (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb.
   (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[=u]"m[.a]), n. [Peruv. puma.]

(Zo["o]l.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

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Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.

Advice boat. See under Advice.

Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten.

Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.

In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.]

--F. W. Newman.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)