Definition of Intonaco

1. the finishing coat of lime plaster [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intonaco

intolerances
intolerancy
intolerant
intolerant of(p)
intolerantly
intolerantness
intolerants
intolerated
intolerating
intoleration
intomb
intombed
intombing
intombment
intombs
intonaco (current term)
intonacos
intonate
intonated
intonates
intonating
intonation
intonation pattern
intonational
intonationally
intonations
intone
intoned
intonement
intonements

Literary usage of Intonaco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"('2) The intonaco, or scialbo, or finishing coat. The proportion of sand to lime varies according to the richness of the lime. Generally, the rule is two ..."

2. The London Journal of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, and Repertory of by William Newton (1844)
"When too much damaged to be used for food, these articles are still available for making this intonaco, provided the glutinous quality has not been ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"True fresco-painting under such conditions was conséquent]; very difficult, for the thin intonaco, laid on a stone пП which could not be soaked with water, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The intonaco is not laid all at once but in parts, according to the space which the artist expects to be able to cover in a single day. ..."

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