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Painter(medicine)
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painter(dictionary)
Painter (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Niobid Painter(encyclopedia)
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painter(2) (iou)



painter noun2. ME.
[App. from Old French penteur rope running from masthead.]
Nautical.
Now only more fully shank-painter. A short rope or chain by which the shank of an anchor is held fast to a ship's side when not in use. ME.
A rope attached to the bow of a boat for tying it to a ship, quay, etc. E18.
cut the painter, slip the painter fig. effect a separation.