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Encaustic

Encaustic Meaning & Definition
Encaustic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Encaustic?

[n] a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application

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Encaustic In Webster's Dictionary

\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. {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.
\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.

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