Meaning Of The Word Encaustic

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Encaustic Meaning

Encaustic Definition
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What's The Definition Of Encaustic?

encaustic in American English
done by a process of burning in or applying heat
adjective: painted with wax colors fixed with heat, or with any process in which colors are burned in
noun: a work of art produced by an encaustic process

encaustic in British English
adjective: decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface
noun: the process of burning in colours

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