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
- 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
- adorn
- anodize
- apply
- blacken
- bloom
- blush
- bronze
- buff
- burn
- burnish
- chalk
- chrome
- coat
- cover
- crayon
- crimson
- crust
- darken
- daub
- decorate
- dye
- electroplate
- embellish
- emblazon
- enamel
- encrust
- enliven
- face
- finish
- flake
- flush
- foil
- fresco
- furbish
- gild
- glance
- glass
- glaze
- gloss
- illuminate
- imbue
- incrust
- infuse
- japan
- lacquer
- laminate
- layer
- luster
- make lustrous
- make vitreous
- nickel
- overlay
- paint
- pigment
- pinken
- plaster
- plate
- platinize
- polish
- redden
- rouge
- rub
- scale
- shellac
- shine
- silver
- smear
- spread
- stain
- stipple
- stratify
- suffuse
- surface
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- variegate
- varnish
- veneer
- vitrify
- wash
- wax
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