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Antonyms for japanning

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


Definition of japanning

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 :
  • Varnishing is the last and the finishing process in japanning.
  • Extract from : « Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition » by William N. Brown
  • Appliances and apparatus used in japanning and enamelling, 29.
  • Extract from : « Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition » by William N. Brown
  • It is ludicrous to read of the attempts of seventeenth-century teachers of the art of "japanning" to young ladies.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Clocks » by Arthur Hayden
  • By japanning a very brilliant polished surface may be secured, which is more durable than ordinary painted or varnished work.
  • Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore
  • Hence Birmingham japanned goods wear better than those goods which receive a priming previous to japanning.
  • Extract from : « Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition » by William N. Brown
  • Fig. 5, Greuzburg's japanning oven heated on the outside by hot gases from furnace.
  • Extract from : « Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition » by William N. Brown
  • While at Birmingham he made some important improvements in the process of japanning, and gained a considerable fortune.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 » by Various
  • As painting suited his talents, he entered into the lucrative branch of japanning, and resided at No. 22, in Moor-street.
  • Extract from : « An History of Birmingham (1783) » by William Hutton

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