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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Champlev'e \Champ`le*v['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d {Champ}, {Camp}, {Lever} a bar.] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also designating the process of making such enamel work -- n. A piece of champlev['e] enamel; also the process or art of making such enamel work champlev['e] work From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: champleve adj : (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired [syn: {cloisonne}]
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