Enamel
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
(2): ( n.) Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
(3): ( n.) A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
(6): ( v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
(7): ( v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
(8): ( v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
(9): ( v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
(10): ( v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.
(11): ( v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
(12): ( v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A vitreous compound, easily fusible, and coloured in various tints by the admixture of different metallic oxides; is fused to the surface of metals for utility and ornament; was known to the European and Asiatic ancients, and has maintained its popularity to the present day. Various schools have been formed, of which the Byzantine, Rhenish, and Limoges are the most noted.
