Megilp
/məˈɡɪlp/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. countable, uncountable
"He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint."
- 2 a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine wordnet
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More examples"He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint."
Etymology
Unknown.