enamel
noun
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
enameller
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a word derived from
enamel.
Example Sentences
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At Babylon as at Nineveh the palette of the enameller was very restricted.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
Alfred Meyer and Grandhomme are both accomplished and careful enamellers; the former is a painter enameller and the author of a book dealing technically with enamelling.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
And the borders of other pages in this Luxeuil fragment are full of ornament, giving the impression that the work was imitated from that of the goldsmith and enameller.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
The cord of the embroiderer answers to the cloisons of the enameller, the surfaces of shining floss to the films of vitreous enamel. larger image 59.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle
Upon my word," replied the old beau ironically, "the good count can boast of a valet who knows almost as much as Rachel, the famous English enameller.
From The Clique of Gold by Émile Gaboriau
