enameled
(US) simple past tense and past participle of enamel
Source: Wiktionary
En*am"eled, a.
Definition: Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]
En*am"el, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. (Min.)
Definition: A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: 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. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire.
– Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.
En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]
1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.
3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
En*am"el, v. i.
Definition: To practice the art of enameling.
En*am"el, a.
Definition: Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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