painter and glazier

A tradesman who com. bines the busine of a house-painter with that of a glazier (q. v.). painter's-colic, s . [LEAD-POISONING.] paint-er (2), s. (A corrupt. of Mid. Eng. panter =a noose, from O. Fr. pant ière =a snare for birds; pant hière = a great swoop-net ( Cotgrave ); Latin panther a a hunting-net for wild beasts, from Gr. pantheros=catching all: pas , neut. pan =all, and ther a wild beast; Ital. pantiera , panther a fowling-net; Ir. painteir ; Gael. painntear =a snare.] Nautical : 1. The bow rope which fastens a boat to a wharf or alongside a ship. "The hemp is so poor that it breaks like the painter of a boat." G. Mac donald: Seaboard Parish, p. 584. 2. A rope by which the shank of an anchor is secured to the gunwale; a shank-painter. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; pair