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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Encaustic (0.00799 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: encaustic
encaustic
n : a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it
is fixed with heat after application
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Encaustic
Encaustic
\En*caus"tic\, n. [L. encaustica, Gr. ? (sc. ?): cf.
F. encaustique. See
Encaustic, a.]
The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where
heat is used to fix the colors.
[1913 Webster]
Encaustic
\En*caus"tic\, a. [L. encausticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
burn in; ? in + ? to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See
Caustic,
and cf.
Ink.] (Fine Arts)
Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
[1913 Webster]
Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax
with which the colors are combined, and which is
afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors.
Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a
decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
[1913 Webster]
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