See Also: Enamel(medicine)
Enamel(health)
enamel cap(medicine)
enamel(1)(dictionary)
enamel(2)(dictionary)
enamel organ(medicine)
enamel nodule(medicine)
enamel niche(medicine)
enamel pearl(medicine)
enamel prisms(medicine)

enamel(1) (iou)



enamel noun. Also inamel. LME.
[from the verb.: cf. AMEL noun.]
A glassy opaque or semi-transparent coating applied by fusion to metallic or other hard surfaces, either as ornamentation or as a protective coating. LME.
A. Ure The enamel of these saucepans is quite free from lead. fig.: Jeremy Taylor Those Truths..are the enamel and beauty of our Churches.
Smooth bright surface-colouring; verdure. Chiefly poet. E17.
W. Golding Not a crack in the sky, not a blemish on the dense blue enamel.
The very hard calcareous substance that occurs as a glossy coating on the crowns of teeth; any of several similar substances forming the outer layer of fish-scales. E18.
A painting or other artistic work done in enamel. M18.
In full enamel paint. A kind of paint which flows freely and gives a very smooth glossy finish. M19.
A cosmetic giving a smooth glossy appearance. M20.
Comb.: enamel paint: see sense 5 above; enamel painting the production of a picture by coating a hard surface with different colours of enamel; enamelware enamelled kitchenware; enamelwork a product made with the use of enamel.