/payn"ting/ , n.
1. a picture or design executed in paints.
2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints.
3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting.
4. an instance of covering a surface with paint.
[ 1175-1225; ME; see PAINT, -ING 1 ]