megilp

English

Alternative forms

• magilp, magilph
• megilph

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /məˈɡɪlp/

Noun

megilp (countable and uncountable, plural megilps)

1. (art) A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing. [from 18th c.]
   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 202:

     He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint.