stand oil
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- noun
- Specialized
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aceite de secado
- The artist prefers to enhance her oil paints by adding stand oil to create a glossy effect.
- stand oil and turpentine
- stand oil and varnish
- stand oil medium
Examples
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Classic binders are made from gum Arabic, egg yolks, and stand oil (a form of linseed oil). As in oil painting, the perfection of the technology is classically credited to Titian.
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For my recent artwork, I decided to use a mixture of stand oil and turpentine for a smoother finish.
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To achieve a longer drying time, he incorporated stand oil into his painting medium.
Synonyms
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4.8
A yellowish oil from flax seeds used in paints and to protect wood
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4.3
An oil from flax seeds used as food and in paints or varnishes
An oil that hardens in air and is used in paints and varnishes
A yellow oil from tung tree seeds that dries quickly and protects wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
stand + oil
The sense 'a thick, slow-drying oil used as a paint medium' is a specialized, lexicalized art term that is not transparently built from the constituents; the word 'stand' does not clearly indicate processing or thickening to an average B1 learner. Because this is technical vocabulary rather than a predictable noun+modifier composition, learners who know 'stand' and 'oil' are unlikely to infer the intended meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Stand oil got its name from how makers heated and left the oil to stand in a closed container so it slowly thickened and became less yellow. That's why the term now means 'a thick, slow-drying oil used in paint'.