What is the first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface called?
priming — (Paint.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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