Kolinsky

Word KOLINSKY
Character 8
Hyphenation ko lin sky
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Definitions and meanings of "Kolinsky"

What do we mean by kolinsky?

A northern Eurasian mink (Mustela sibirica) having a dark brown coat with tawny markings. noun

The fur of this animal. noun

The chorok, red sable, or Siberian mink, Putorius sibiricus, about 15 inches long, with a bushy tail 8 or 10 inches long, the fur uniformly buff or tawny, somewhat paler below, varied with black and white on the head. noun

Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable. noun

The Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica noun

The fur of the Siberian weasel noun

The Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica

The fur of the Siberian weasel

The manufacturer of what is thought to be the greatest sable brushes. These can get very expensive, but worth every cent. These brushes are PERFECT for water colors and sometimes oil. It is soft, yet has a firm spring that allows the artist to maintain control, and create a predictable stroke. They are made from the hair of the Kolinsky sable, and not the actual sable Urban Dictionary

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The word "kolinsky" in example sentences

I have a sketch box of cake watercolors that has been with me for 12 odd years... along with it a pair of compact kolinsky sable brushes. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

You need brushes that are made of real hair (usually squirrel, pony, goat, weasel, sable, or kolinsky hair), as well as synthetic brushes (nylon or taklon). ❋ Riku Campo (2010)

Cora had a Hudson seal coat now, with a great kolinsky collar. ❋ Edna Ferber (1926)

You saw him, too, in the Pompeian room at the Congress Hotel of a Saturday afternoon when doubtful and roving-eyed matrons in kolinsky capes are wont to congregate to sip pale amber drinks. ❋ Edna Ferber (1926)

Pompeiian room at the Congress Hotel of a Saturday afternoon when doubtful and roving-eyed matrons in kolinsky capes are wont to congregate to sip pale amber drinks. ❋ Various (1915)

By the time the limousine swung under the _porte-cochère_ Lana was down and waiting; Mrs. Stanton came hurrying after, ready to defy a January midnight in a cocoon of kolinsky. ❋ Holman Day (1900)

Do you know that, too -- about, well, for instance kolinsky, and nutria, and Russian sable? " ❋ Unknown (1921)

Artist-Man, I need a Kolinsky.. [Non] Artist-What the [heck] is that? Artist-It's a [brush] ❋ Mue-jin (2009)

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