enamelled

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1. A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.

2. An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.

3. A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish: nail enamel.

4. A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.

5. Anatomy The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.

tr.v. e·nam·eled or e·nam·elled, e·nam·el·ing or e·nam·el·ling, e·nam·els

1. To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.

2. To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.

3. To adorn with a brightly colored surface.

[From Middle English enamelen, to put on enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler : en-, on (from Old French; see en-¹) + amail, enamel (from Old French esmail, of Germanic origin; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

e·namel·er, e·namel·ist n.

Translations

enamelled enameled (US) [ɪˈnæməld] ADJ → esmaltado

enamelled [ɪˈnæm^əld] (British) enameled (US) adj [steel, gold] → émaillé(e); [bath, basin] → en émail; [plate, bowl] → en émail

enamelled, (US) enameled

adj → emailliert; enamelled jewellery (Brit) enameled jewelry (US) → Email(le)schmuck m

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Do thou, sweet Zephyrus, rising from thy fragrant bed, mount the western sky, and lead on those delicious gales, the charms of which call forth the lovely Flora from her chamber, perfumed with pearly dews, when on the 1st of June, her birth-day, the blooming maid, in loose attire, gently trips it over the verdant mead, where every flower rises to do her homage, till the whole field becomes enamelled, and colours contend with sweets which shall ravish her most.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

"Really, my dear Albert," replied Lucien, lighting a manilla at a rose-colored taper that burnt in a be beautifully enamelled stand -- "how happy you are to have nothing to do.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

From the vague accounts we sometimes have of their beauty, many people are apt to picture to themselves enamelled and softly swelling plains, shaded over with delicious groves, and watered by purling brooks, and the entire country but little elevated above the surrounding ocean.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context