Definition of Parti-color

1. Verb. Make motley; color with different colors.

Exact synonyms: Motley
Generic synonyms: Color, Color In, Colorise, Colorize, Colour, Colour In, Colourise, Colourize
Derivative terms: Motley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parti-color

parthenogen
parthenogeneses
parthenogenetic
parthenogenetically
parthenogenic
parthenogenitive
parthenogens
parthenogeny
parthenolide
parthenophobia
parthenote
parthenotes
parthood
parti
parti-color (current term)
parti pris
partial
partial(p)
partial-birth abortion
partial-birth abortions
partial-fraction
partial-order
partial-thickness burn
partial-thickness flap
partial-thickness graft
partial abortion
partial adrenocortical insufficiency
partial agglutinin

Literary usage of Parti-color

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

1. "The Beckwiths" by Paul Beckwith, Beckwith, Paul, 1848-1907 (1891)
"The crest of the family is a mower of parti-color argent and gules, said to have been assumed as a disguise by Sir ..."

2. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"But further than that, the colors which were chosen, which were the single color for the starboard hand buoy, and the parti-color for the port hand buoy, ..."

3. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"But further than that, the colors which were chosen, which were the single color for the starboard hand buoy, and the parti-color for the port hand buoy, ..."

4. The First Book of World Law: A Compilation of the International Conventions by Raymond Landon Bridgman (1911)
"Buoys defining the port hand shall be painted a single black color, or a parti-color. Buoys defining middle grounds shall be painted with horizontal bands. ..."

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