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enamelling

enamelling 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

enamelling (plural enamellings)

  1. An application of enamel.

Forms of enamelling

pluralenamellings

Questions about enamelling

What does enamelling mean?
Enamelling means an application of enamel.
What is enamelling the present participle and gerund of?
Enamelling is the present participle and gerund of enamel.
What part of speech is enamelling?
Enamelling is a noun.
What is the plural of enamelling?
The plural of enamelling is enamellings.

Words near enamelling in the dictionary

  1. enamelled wires
  2. enamelledware
  3. enameller
  4. enamellers
  5. enamelless
  6. enamelling
  7. enamellings
  8. enamellist
  9. enamellists
  10. enamells
  11. enameloid

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