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palette knife
noun
, Painting.
- a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
palette knife
noun
- a round-ended spatula with a thin flexible blade used esp by artists for mixing, applying, and scraping off paint, esp oil paint
- a knife with a round-ended flexible blade used in cookery for scraping out a mixture from a bowl, spreading icing, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palette knife1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences
He had destroyed the whole of his work, and removed every trace of it with the palette-knife.
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With all the sulphides of cadmium a steel palette knife is best avoided.
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To obtain the freedom of accident Rembrandt put on his colours with his palette-knife; a very common practice at the present day.
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Garstin had said of him in a puffing breath one day when the palette knife had been angrily used once more.
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When the black mass is soft and clean drain off the water and rub the ink smooth in a dish with a bone palette knife.
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