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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

oil paint • n. a paste made with ground pigment and a drying oil such as linseed oil, used chiefly by artists.

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