enameling

[ ih-nam-uh-ling ]

noun

1. the art, act, or work of a person who enamels.
2. a decoration or coating of enamel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enameling¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; enamel, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

This method leaves the cover to be decorated in some other way, either by embossing or by enameling or by both.

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The edge of the tray or plate may be decorated either by piercing, embossing, etching, or enameling.

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The finest colored enameling ever made would be childs play compared with a piece of this early jewelry.

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Enameling is a style of glaze mostly applied to a stronger, more opaque body, often not porcelain at all.

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With his finger-nail he scratched the winter enameling from his window-pane, and through that peep-hole gazed out upon the lake.

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