Word Meanings - NIELLO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

enamel, fr. L. nigellus, dim. of niger black. See Negro, and cf. 1. A metallic alloy of a deep black color. 2. The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy. 3. A piece of metal, or any

Additional info about word: NIELLO

enamel, fr. L. nigellus, dim. of niger black. See Negro, and cf. 1. A metallic alloy of a deep black color. 2. The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy. 3. A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated. 4. An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

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• COLORMAN
  A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
• INCISURE
  A cut; an incision; a gash. Derham.
• METALOGICAL
  Beyond the scope or province of logic.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• BLACKEN
  Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens
• ALLOYAGE
  The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
• METALLIC
  Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic
• BLACKWATER STATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
• PROCESSIVE
  Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
• METALLIFORM
  Having the form or structure of a metal.
• PROCESSIONALIST
  One who goes or marches in a procession.
• FILLIPEEN
  See PHILOPENA
• BLACK FLAGS
  An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their
• FILLIBEG
  A kilt. See Filibeg.
• BLACK-JACK
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• BLACK LEAD
  Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
• FILLETING
  The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work. 2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
• COLORATE
  Colored. Ray.
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• CONCOLOR
  Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
• DEDECORATION
  Disgrace; dishonor. Bailey.
• PENNIGEROUS
  Bearing feathers or quills.
• SPARPIECE
  The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
• MAGNASE BLACK
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• BIMETALLIST
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• NONMETAL
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