PAINTBRUSH • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Paintbrush

... powdered and brought into liquid form in a double boiler. A thin coat of this is applied with a paintbrush. A small keel made of a strip of wood is placed on the bottom to protect it when making a landing on sand and stones ...

— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics

... constant demand for weeks; bright colored chintzes and gay flowered cretonnes were apparently a prime necessity in many households. As for paper hangers and painters, few awaited their unhurried movements. It was easy for anybody with energy and common sense to wield a paintbrush; and old paper could be scraped off and fresh strips applied by a simple application of flour paste and the fundamental laws of physics. One improvement clamors loudly for another, and money was still coming in from the most unexpected sources, so new ...

— An Alabaster Box • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley