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Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..

Enamel :: Enamel (a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting..

Enamelling :: Enamelling () of Ename.

Amel :: Amel (v. t.) Enamel.

Enameled :: Enameled (a.) Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe..

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth..

Enamel :: Enamel (v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.

Borax :: Borax (n.) A white or gray crystalline 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 under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O..

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors..

Enamelist :: Enamelist (n.) One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.

Rubelle :: Rubelle (n.) A red color used in enameling.

Enameler :: Enameler (n.) Alt. of Enamelis.

Rhomboganoid :: Rhomboganoid (n.) A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Enamelar :: Enamelar (a.) Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.

Crackle :: Crackle (n.) A condition 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..

Ganoine :: Ganoine (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

Sigmodont :: Sigmodont (n.) Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.

Cloisonne :: Cloisonne (a.) 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 champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel..

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