Definitions
1.nounA viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
2.nounA disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
3.nounA glue-based paint.
4.nounA painting produced with this kind of paint.
5.verbTo temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
6.verbTo derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
7.verbTo deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
8.verbTo intoxicate.
9.verbTo paint using distemper.
10.verbTo mix (colours) in the way of distemper."to distemper colors with size"