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That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.

Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]

One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

Enamel. [Obs.] Boyle.

ystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe u…

Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.…

chromium and potassium. -- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used in enamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian blue. -- Chrome red, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead.…

Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

ondition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.

s of the ganoid fishes, composed of an inner layer of bone, and an outer layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to form a coat of mail.

A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

t; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. Milton.

d consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.

An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. Plate of rare device, and jewels Of rich and exquisite form. Shak.

A city of Southern France. Limoges enamel, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. -- Limoges ware. (a) Articles decorated with Limoge…

eral character of majolica, but less brilliantly decorated, esp. such pottery without tin enamel, but painted and glazed.

Applied over the glaze; -- said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware. (b) Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.

A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.