fresco

fresco
    n 1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
    2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors
       on wet plaster
    v 1: paint onto wet plaster on a wall
    

Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. {Frescoes} or {Frescos}. [It., fr.
   fresco fresh; of German origin. See {Fresh}, a.]
   1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness;
      shade. [R.] --Prior.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Fine Arts)
      (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before
          it dries.
      (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on
          plaster in any manner.
      (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses
      a and
      b .
        [1913 Webster]

   {al fresco} in the open air; out of doors; outdoors; as, to
      dine al fresco.
      [PJC]
    

Fresco \Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frescoed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Frescoing}.]
   To paint in fresco, as walls.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Fresco

   1. <standard, programming> An {object-oriented} {API} for
   {graphical user interfaces}, under development by the {X
   Consortium} as an open, multi-vendor {standard}.

   2. <language, specification> An {object-oriented}
   {specification language}.

   ["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case
   Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993].

   (1996-04-28)
    

102 Moby Thesaurus words for "fresco":
      abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen,
      begild, besmear, block print, brush on paint, calcimine,
      calcimining, coat, coating, collage, color, color print,
      complexion, copy, cover, covering, cyclorama, dab, daub, deep-dye,
      dip, diptych, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel,
      enameling, engild, engraving, face, fast-dye, gild, gilding, glaze,
      glazing, gloss, glossing, grain, hue, icon, illuminate,
      illumination, illustration, image, imbue, ingrain, japan,
      japanning, lacquer, lay on color, likeness, miniature, montage,
      mosaic, mural, paint, painting, panorama, parget, photograph,
      picture, pigment, prime, priming, print, representation,
      reproduction, shade, shadow, shellac, shellacking, slop on paint,
      smear, stain, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life,
      stipple, stippling, tableau, tapestry, tinct, tincture, tinge,
      tint, tone, triptych, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, varnishing,
      wall painting, wash, whitewash, whitewashing