Impaste

[im'peist]

Definition

(v. t.) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

(v. t.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Checker: Lowell

Definition

v.t. (Shak.) to knead into a paste: to lay colours on thick.—ns. Impastā′tion act of impasting: that which is made into paste; Impas′to in painting the thick laying on of pigments.

Editor: Tracy