rescuing

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The medium made famous by Michelangelo, da Vinci and Fra Angelico, frescoing is a delicate process that entails crushing pigments and painting them into wet plaster before it dries.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2021

Near the end of his torturous years of frescoing, Michelangelo was painting right over the elevated area where the pope would sit on his gilded throne.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2012

A point to remember in moth culture, is to be ready for this occurrence before they emerge, if you do not want stained frescoing, floors, and hangings.

From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

I'm sick; and it's medicine I need, not frescoing.'

From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.

Suppose common floors will answer, and common plastering for the walls, if I paper; but shall I,—or do you recommend frescoing; and what do you say to cornices and other stucco-work?

From Homes and How to Make Them by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)