Enamel
[ɪ'næm(ə)l] or [ɪ'næml]
Definition
(noun.) any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze.
(noun.) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.
(noun.) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
(noun.) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection.
(verb.) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel.
Edited by Elsie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
(v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
(v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
(v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
(v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
(v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
(v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
(v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
(v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.
(a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
Typist: Lycurgus
Definition
n. the name given to vitrified substances applied chiefly to the surface of metals: any smooth hard coating esp. that of the teeth: anything enamelled.—v.t. to coat with or paint in enamel: to form a glossy surface upon like enamel:—pr.p. enam′elling; pa.p. enam′elled.—adj. En-am′ellar.—ns. Enam′eller Enam′ellist; Enam′elling.
Edited by Ethelred
Examples
- He finished it, was paid the stipulated sum, and immediately spent it in fresh experiments to find the coveted enamel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After sixteen years he learned how to make that rare enamel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Its modest effects, compact of enamel paint and ingenuity, spoke to him in the language just then sweetest to his ear. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They produced soa p (from soda and oil), transparent and colored glass, enamel, and ceramics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He never acquired the pure white enamel of Luca della Robbia, nor that of the faience of Nevers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It took the enamel off your teeth and left it on the roof of your mouth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After the rear axle has been completely assembled, it is immersed in a tank containing enamel, and is hung on a special trolley which runs by gravity along an I-beam track. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Enamelled ware is no longer confined to pottery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She drew out a little gold-faced watch on an enamelled chain. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- There are statues of serpentine marble, gifts of the late Tsar of Russia, whose admiration is also represented by a gorgeous inlaid and enamelled cigar-case. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That is, it was unglazed, simply baked clay; _lustrous_ or _semi-glazed_ and _enamelled_ having a harder surface. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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