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enamel

[ih-nam-uhl] / ɪˈnæm əl /


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The δ13C value in enamel is typically higher than that of the food consumed, with living animals generally showing an increase of between 11 and 13 parts per thousand.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

The ability to recover proteins from fossils this old is particularly valuable because tooth enamel can protect biological material for extraordinarily long periods.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Unlike bones and many other tissues in the body, tooth enamel cannot naturally regenerate once it has been lost.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Simply depositing minerals on a tooth is not enough to recreate the complex structure that makes natural enamel so effective.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Ku’oosh showed him an old enamel chamber pot with a lid.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Previously, researchers attempting to construct artificial enamels have struggled to achieve those different levels of organization.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 2, 2022

She painted it with 1 Shot-brand sign lettering enamels mixed with clear enamel and pearlescent powdered pigments.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2020

You can buy the enamels from Rust-Oleum for about $40 a can, by the way.

From US News ● Jul. 18, 2016

On the less impressive side are enamels that seem to aspire to the condition of Modern easel paintings, encompassing subject matter both abstract and figurative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2016

Here is a famous cup, upon whose cover a golden Hercules encounters the many heads of the Hydra, brilliant with varied enamels, the work of Benvenuto Cellini.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

Upstairs, the exhibition highlights 19th-century innovations, including the introduction of colored porcelain in celadon, and enameled, painted and gilded pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

Whether you choose the mini bucket bag or the Aimée bag, each piece blends charming crochet with polished leather and enameled metal accents — because just like any great summer fling, opposites attract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

Celebrate the outsiders with this enameled stainless-steel camping mug, a collaboration between SODO’s Potluck Press and West Seattle’s Alair gift shop.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

For sale: The historic Decatur Lustron, a “space-age ranch” style home built in 1949 in Decatur, Georgia, from enameled steel panels supplied by a fighter plane factory.

From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023

He was wearing a cloth-of-gold half cape fastened with a miniature spear, its point enameled in dark red.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

At the top is an enamelled dove with outspread wings, which represents the Holy Ghost.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

During the excavation, a number of other items were unearthed including enamelled brooches, coins, decorated pottery and animal bones.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2021

Page is excited to point out that the table is a reflection of the design in the enamelled iron ceiling.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2018

In one, a painted floor tile was decorated with a photograph of dog shit; a toilet bowl had been enamelled in the vivid colors of the Swedish royal crest.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 10, 2017

A large chest of polished latoun had saints and angels enamelled in the panels.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Which is not to say that enameling has ended as a popular craft or that technical skills have withered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2016

He can describe peacocks and chrysanthemums as if enameling a Persian miniature.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2015

The award is accompanied by a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso that has been made unique by commemorative engraving and enameling.

From Forbes ● Aug. 30, 2014

In one corner stood a small enameling kiln, inherited from his grandmother, along with heirloom jars of glazes featuring her handwritten labels and nylon lids cut from stockings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2012

I was sorry to observe many of the fairer part of these pilgrims spend too much of their heaps in adorning and beautifying their tenements of clay, in painting, whitewashing, and enameling them.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by Hannah More

She also watched a demonstration of traditional enamelling and gilding by hand by master artisans before examining several pieces in closer detail.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2022

He sold his patent-rights in a bath-tub enamelling process.

From Time Magazine Archive

The basse-taille process is also a combination of metal work in the form of engraving, carving and enamelling.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Theophilus, a monk of the 13th century, describes the process of enamelling as it was understood by the Byzantines of his time, which probably differed but little from earlier methods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The enamelling process was probably introduced in the early part of the 13th century; most of the enamelled mosque lamps belong to the 14th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various


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