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Paintrie, Payntrie, n. Also: pan- and -try, -trey, -tré, -terie. [MF. peintrie (15th c. in Godef.), e.m.E. paintry (1573).]

1. a. Painters' work, collectively; painted pictures or designs.Also plur. in same use.Peice of paynterie, a painting.Also attrib. with cullour.b. Appar. in some instances: The act of painting pictures or designs.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. i. 341.
Chambris … That with paithment & with payntry Enlumynit war delitabily 1512 Treas. Acc. IV. 296.
For certane colouris [etc.] … boght be him for the paintre of the Kingis gret schip 1533 Gau 16/11.
Thay sine … that prouokis ony ewil desir … with ymagis or payntre 1535–6 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 190. 1561 Inv. Q. Mary 25.
Off rownd gloibbis and paintrie 1581 Burne Disput. 171.
The ignorant pleuch man quha … by help of the paintrie descryvis the hail passion of Christ 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 183/652.
Quho in his handis doth sceptres als in painterie carie ay 1582 Treas. Acc. MS. 40.
To Edriane Vansoun Flemyng paintour for certane paintrie wrocht be him … xx li. 1582 Misc. Stair Soc. I. 115.
The first letter capitall in bayth the saidis instrumentis is verrie far different, for the paintrie fra the heid to the fute in the auld instrument indentis witht schairpe nukis and in the new instrument the samen is flat and plane c1590 Fowler II. 57/16.
They saw in sindrie places Peter & Paul paintit vpon the walis with Christ. Nather dois heir August[ine] approue sic paintrie 1596 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 354.
For payntrie … and vernesing of it [sc. the charterhouse] 1612 Fife Synod 53.
That the paintrie quhilk is vpon the pulpitt [etc.] … salbe obliterate … with grein colour(2) plur. 1589 Mill Mediæv. Plays 194.
With all thair payntres and vther furnitoures(3) 1633 Mill Mediæv. Plays 213.
For putting vp the kairtis and peices of paynterie about the … banqueit hous(4) attrib. 1581 Edinb. Test. IX. 185.
xx pund of paintrie cullouris

2. The painting of the face or the materials for this; cosmetics or the fact of using them; also fig. c1460 Thewis Gud Women 91.
One haly dais hir hyd hald clen Bot nocht with colouris na payntry [v.r. pantre] For syk thyng is bot gyglotryfig. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 176.
In this over-lustred world with all its paintry and farding

3. Painters' material; paint or pigment. 1538 Treas. Acc. VIII. 160.
For colour to the pavesis xl s. … Item for pantrey to the pavesis xij s. 1622 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 150.
For painting my lord chancellaris knok case with grein paintrie 1628 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 366.
For gilting of the horologe brodis [etc.] … and all paintrie and cullouring thairof