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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encaustic \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encaustic \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: encaustic n : a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
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