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Grammar : Verb
Spell : juh-pan
Phonetic Transcription : dʒəˈpæn


Definition of japanned

Origin :
  • 1570s, via Portuguese Japao, Dutch Japan, acquired in Malacca from Malay Japang, from Chinese jih pun "sunrise" (equivalent of Japanese Nippon), from jih "sun" + pun "origin." Earliest form in Europe was Marco Polo's Chipangu. Cultural contact led to japaning "coat with lacquer or varnish" (1680s), japonaiserie (1896, from French), etc.
  • As in varnish : verb add a layer to; embellish
Example sentences :
  • He went back and tried for the japanned tin colour-box, single-handed.
  • Extract from : « A Likely Story » by William De Morgan
  • The japanned case hides the guiding agency, whatever it may be.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Invention » by Archibald Williams
  • Swiftly he unearthed the square, japanned case and dragged it forth.
  • Extract from : « Under Boy Scout Colors » by Joseph Bushnell Ames
  • Why didn't they purloin a beer-stein, quiescent on a japanned tray?
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • They were finished in japanned work and often inlaid in light and dark wood.
  • Extract from : « Remodeled Farmhouses » by Mary H. Northend
  • A brown, japanned canister, fastened down with some strong twine.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 » by Various
  • And there was the japanned tin case fastened to the end of it.
  • Extract from : « The Moonstone » by Wilkie Collins
  • Japanned or nickeled plates, which, when placed next to leather bindings under heavy pressure give them a finish.
  • Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
  • There is a japanned iron frame enclosing and holding the working parts, consisting of a base, four upright posts, and a top plate.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
  • Ordinarily Bobby loved to do this; but to-day he sidled up to where his friend was stooping over the japanned box.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Orde » by Stewart Edward White

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