enamel
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All of this means much more time sifting through silica and wielding her tiny enamel brush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Existing products such as fluoride varnishes and remineralization treatments can help strengthen remaining enamel or reduce symptoms, but they cannot effectively replace the original enamel structure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Instead, it is made from proteins designed to reproduce important functions of the natural proteins involved in enamel development during infancy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Possible applications could include professional treatments for enamel erosion, products for sensitive teeth, and materials designed to improve the durability of fillings or other restorations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
After soaking and peeling it, they arranged the long white roots into upright sprays in enamel tubs and passed single file through the village like immense lilies on slender, moving stalks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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But unlike in most other synthetic enamels, the researchers encased the wires in a malleable metal-based coating.
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
"Orange Crush," 9 feet tall, 15 feet wide and painted in garish, glossy enamels on a billboard-size metal panel, blows up to monumental scale a still from her high-definition video projection "Green Pink Caviar."
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016
The film may, if desired, be detached from the plate and used for enamels, ivory, wood, textile fabrics, opals, etc.
From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney
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
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
If you're new to Dutch-oven cooking, this enameled cast iron model from Lodge is a great place to start.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023
The enameled cans on the lower shelf were uniform and Donovan felt a cold draft about his ankles.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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At the top is an enamelled dove with outspread wings, which represents the Holy Ghost.
From Reuters ● May 5, 2023
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
The Downing Street sign was given an estimated sale price of up to £1,500 An enamelled Downing Street sign has been sold for £7,800 at auction, fetching over £6000 more than expected.
From BBC ● May 21, 2013
A superb enamelled chess-board, with pieces of jasper and crystal, stood at checkmate beside the bed.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Jeweler Holly Dyment's joyful black Labrador with encrusted diamond collar pendant is crafted in 18-karat rose gold and is made using a signature champlevé enameling technique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
The size-12 ring, which commemorates the Giants’ 20-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in 1991, has two football-shaped diamonds surrounded by “worn blue enameling framed by 17 smaller diamonds,” according to the auction house’s description.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2012
The craft of enameling is more than 3,000 years old.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2009
Handicrafts: Basketry, book binding, china decorating, embroidery, enameling, jewelry making, leather work, metal work, pottery, stencilling, weaving, wood carving.
From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison
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
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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
I have heard of somebody who had learnt the art of enamelling their own skin: is that your method?'
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
Alfred Meyer and Grandhomme are both accomplished and careful enamellers; the former is a painter enameller and the author of a book dealing technically with enamelling.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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