Antonyms for enamelling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-nam-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnæm əl

Definition of enamelling

Origin : early 14c., from Anglo-French enamailler (early 14c.), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + amailler "to enamel," variant of Old French esmailler, from esmal "enamel," from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan "to smelt" (see smelt (v.)). Related: Enameled; enameling.

As in plate : verb coat with metallic material
As in varnish : verb add a layer to; embellish
As in coat : verb cover with layer of material
As in color : verb make pigmented; shade
As in glaze : verb varnish, lacquer

Example sentences :

The art of enamelling on metal has been practised from very early times.
Extract from : « Chats on Household Curios » by Fred W. Burgess

From 1740 to 1760 enamelling in colours was extensively used.
Extract from : « Chats on Old Earthenware » by Arthur Hayden

The articles are then dried and heated in an enamelling furnace.
Extract from : « A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) » by Johann Beckman

Subsidiary industries, such as enamelling, are also important.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 » by Various

It is thick and balsamic, and used in several arts, particularly that of enamelling.
Extract from : « Homes of American Statesmen » by Various

The enamelling of thermometers is an invention of Messrs. Negretti and Zambra.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments » by Henry Negretti

This process of enamelling was hardly called for in the interests of art.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 » by Various

It also goes to prove that enamelling was not practised at this day in Greece.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 » by Various

Appliances and apparatus used in japanning and enamelling, 29.
Extract from : « Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition » by William N. Brown

Brother Luke hath given me some skill in damask work, and in the enamelling of shrines, tabernacles, diptychs and triptychs.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for enamelling

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