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Definition of Encaustic
1. Noun. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application.
Definition of Encaustic
1. a. Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
2. n. The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
Definition of Encaustic
1. Noun. a wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating ¹
2. Noun. a painting produced using this paint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encaustic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Encaustic
1. Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting, an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one colour. Origin: L. Encausticus, Gr, fr. To burn in; in + to burn: cf. F. Encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encaustic
Literary usage of Encaustic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art and Practice of Silver Printing by Henry Peach Robinson, William de Wiveleslie Abney (1881)
"encaustic THE value of an encaustic paste in improving the effect of ... A good
encaustic confers three special benefits on the print: it gives depth, ..."
2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"And not in encaustic; though, as we shall see in Chapter 41, the brush was
sometimes used in this branch. M The " One day" picture. ..."
3. History and Methods of Ancient & Modern Painting: From the Earliest Times to by James Ward (1914)
"In the National Gallery, London, there are ten interesting examples of Greek or
Greco-Roman encaustic paintings on wood, of the second or third centuries. ..."
4. The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of by Edwin Atlee Barber (1893)
"In 1886 the present management purchased the business and changed the name to
the United States encaustic Tile Works. The plant now includes six biscuit and ..."
5. Manual of Classical Literature by Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1854)
"encaustic. GLASS-PAINTING. The most common kind of painting woe that upon plaster;
... The kind of painting peculiar to ancient times, called encaustic, ..."
6. The Grammar of Painting and Engraving by Charles Blanc (1874)
"encaustic Painting. The word encaustic designates a kind of painting in which
the colors, mixed with wax and resin, are softened, melted and fixed by the ..."
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