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enameling

enameling is the present participle and gerund of enamel.

Meaning of enamel

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

  1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
    • Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde,
      Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes
      Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte,
      In euery part exceding braue and rich.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
    • Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
    • to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
  4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

See all 8 meanings of enamel

Noun

enameling (plural enamelings)

  1. The art of applying enamel

Forms of enameling

pluralenamelings

Questions about enameling

What does enameling mean?
Enameling means the art of applying enamel.
What is enameling the present participle and gerund of?
Enameling is the present participle and gerund of enamel.
What part of speech is enameling?
Enameling is a noun.
What is the plural of enameling?
The plural of enameling is enamelings.

Words near enameling in the dictionary

  1. enameled wires
  2. enameledware
  3. enameler
  4. enamelers
  5. enamelin
  6. enameling
  7. enamelings
  8. enamelins
  9. enamelist
  10. enamelists
  11. enamell

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