enactive (enaktiv)

[ In 1176, precise enactment established the jury system, still rude and imperfect, as the usual mode of trial. Welsh, Eng. Lit., I. 61. 2. A law enacted; a statute; an act. If we look simply at the written enactments , we should conclude that a considerable portion of the pagan worship was, at an early period, absolutely and universally suppre ed. Lecky, Rationalism, I. 58. 3. The acting of a part or representation of a character in a play. =Syn. 2. Statute, Ordinance, etc. See lawl . enactor (e-nak'tor), n. [ This is an a ertion by which the great Author of our nature, and Enactor of the law of good and evil, is highly dishonoured and blasphemed. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, II., Pref. 2. One who acts or performs. Shak. enacturet (e-nak'tur), n. [ The violence of either grief or joy Their own enactures with themselves destroy. That never frost, nor snowe, nor slippery ice The fields en - ag'd. whole surface of a plate of metal is covered with the enamel, which when fused affords a smooth ground for painting. A familiar instance of the last kind of enamel- work is the dial of a common watch, which is enameled on copper in white, the figures being painted upon it in black enamel. Champlevé enamel is most used for jewelry and About her necke a sort of faire rubies In white floures of right fine enamaile . 4. Any smooth, glo y surface resembling ena- quer, or in some other way not involving vitri- fication: as, the enamel of enameled leather, paper, slate, etc.-5. In an at ., the hardest part of a tooth; the very dense, smooth, glistening substance which crowns a tooth or coats a part of its surface: distinguished from dentin and from cement. It is always superficial, and represents a special modification of epithelial substance. It is usually dents, white, or sometimes reddish-black red, as as in in the the front teeth teeth of most of most shrews. ro none of the hard and brilliant enamel of Petrarch in the There is none of the ingenuity of Filicaja in the thought, enamel-kiln (e-nam'el-kil), n. A kiln in which pottery, gla , etc., are exposed to a low heat, such as is suitable for fixing enamel-colors, gold, etc. Such kilns are generally built of large earth. enware slabs, having flues through which the smoke and flame of the fire pa without entering the body of the kiln. enamellar, enameller, etc. See enamelar , etc. enamel-membrane (e-nam'el-membrān), n. The layer of cylindrical cells of the enamel- organ of a tooth which stand on the surface of the dentinal part of a developing tooth. enamel-organ (e-nam'el-ôr"gan), n. The enam- el-germ of el-germ of a tooth after it has separated from the epithelium of the mouth and forms a cap over the dentinal portion of the tooth. It con- sists of a lining of cylindrical cells and a covering of cu- bical cells, and is wadded with stellate cells in abundant 7. In cosmetics , a coating applied to the skin, giving the appearance of a beautiful complex- ion. Batter sea enamel, a kind of surface-enamel pro- duced in Batter sea, London, in the eighteenth century, The pieces of this enamel are usually decorated by a transfer proce similar to that used for porcelain and English delft; they include needle-cases, étuis, and es- pecially plaques with portraits. - Canton enamel, a va- surface-enamel ground jelly-like intercellular substance. enambusht (en-am'bush), v. t. [ en -1 + am- bush.] To place or conceal in ambush. Explor'd th' embattled van, the deep'ning line, Th' enambush'd phalanx, and the springing mine. Cawthorn, Elegy on Capt. Hughes, enamel (e-nam'el), n. [ enamelen ), prop. * amaile , amel, nel , amell , amelle , amall , aumayl , lat- enamel paintings in many colors, representing conven- tional flowers, scrolls, etc. Vases, incense-burners, etc., are made of it, and it is one of the most succe ful of mod ern Chinese artistic industries. - Champlevé enamel. See def. 3, and champlevé . - Cloisonné enamel. See def. 3, and cloisonné. Enamel à jour, a kind of en- amel in which there is no background, the enamel be- ing made to fill all the space between the narrow bars or wires which form the design. Such enamel when trans- lucent shows as a pattern seen by transmitted light.- Enamel-columns, the minute six-sided prisms of which the enamel of the teeth is composed. Also called enamel- prisms, enamel- rods , and enamel -fibers. - Enamel-cuticle, a thin horny cuticle covering the outer surface of the en- amel in unworn teeth. Also called Nasmyth's membrane and cuticula dent is . - Enamel en ba e taille, a variety of champlevé enamel in which the background of the low- ered or sunken parts is sculptured with figures in relief, seen. - Enamel en taille d'épargne, a variety of champ-. levé enamel in which the field is almost wholly cut away or hollowed out for the reception of the enamel, leaving Flocked enamel, enamel used for ornamenting a gla only narrow dividing lines of the metallic background.- surface which has been made dull by grinding or by the use of acid.-Gla enamel, an opaque or semi-opaque gla having a milky appearance, due to the addition of binoxid of tin. It is used for window transparencies and "porcelain" lamp-shades. Incrusted enamel, disks or similar small flat pieces of enameled metal inlaid in a larger surface, as of chased metal or filigree. - Limoges enamel, a variety of surface-enamel produced especially at Limoges in France, in which ve els and decorative pieces of various kinds and sizes are ornamented with pic- torial subjects painted in many colors and in gold. This work reached its greatest excellence at the time of the Renai ance. IMG:content-0414.png:[ocr errors] enamel (e-nam'el), v.; pret. and pp. enameled or enamelled , ppr. enameling or enamelling . ME. enamelen , enaumaylen , enamailler , enameler, enamaler (in pp.), en- + esmailler , > ME. amelen , amilen (see amel , v .), F. émailler (> D. emailleren = G. emailliren = Dan. email lere = Sw. emaljera ) = Sp. Pg. esmaltar = It. smal- tare, enamel; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To lay enamel upon; cover or decorate with enamel. Ther wer ba ynes ful brygt of brende golde clere, Enaumaylde with azer & eweres of sute. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1457. A knife he bore, Whose hilt was well enamelled o'er With green leaves on a golden ground. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, I. 107. 2. To form a glo y surface like enamel upon: as, to enamel cardboard; specifically, to use an enamel upon the skin.-3t. To variegate adorn with different colors. The pleasing fume that fragrant Roses yeeld, When wanton Zephyr, sighing on the field, Enammels all. IMG:content-0415.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0416.png:[blocks in formation] enamor a dot (e-nam-ō-rä'dō), n. [Sp. (= It. in nam or a to , q. v.), in am or are (> Sp., etc.), put in love: see enamour .) One deeply in love. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., 1. 3. Oh, death! I am not yet enamour'd of this breath So much but I dare leave it. Descend with all her winning charms begirt To enamour , as the zone of Venus once The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-0418.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] broid. He griped the shelde so faste by the enarmynge that the enbuschementt, n. An obsolete form of am- catte myght it not hym be-reve. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 667. bush ment. enarrationt (e-na-rā'shon), n. [ F.énarration = Sp. enarracion = Pg. enarração = It. enarrazi- A gret enb us chem ent they sett, Thare the foster thame mett. MS. Lincoln, A. i. 17, fol. 136. one, enarratio ( n- ), enarrare , pp. enarratus , enbusyt, v. t. Same as embusy . relate in detail, narrare , relate: see enc. An abbreviation of encyclopedia . narrate.] Recital; relation; account; exposition. en cabochon (on ka-bộ-shôn). [F.] See cabo- This book did that high-priest embezell, wherein was contained their genealogies to the dayes of Phineas, to- gether with an historic all enarration of the years of their generation of life. Bp. Hall , Def. of Remonstrance. enarthrodia (en-är-thrō'di-ä), n. Same as en- arthrosis. enarthrodial (en-är-thrō'di-al), a. [ enarthro- dia + -al .] Pertaining to enarthrosis; having the character of a ball-and-socket joint: as, enarthrodial movements or articulations. 2. Allopathy: a term used by homeopathists. enantiosis (e-nan-ti-ō'sis), n. [NL., Gr. έναν- Cf. arthrosis , diarthrosis .] In an at ., a ball-and- τίωσις, contradiction, In rhet , a figure of speech consisting in expres sion of an idea by negation of contrary, or by use of a word of opposite meaning. The term anti phrasis was originally used as equivalent to enantiosis in both forms, but is now usually limited to signify enantiosis by use of a word of opposite meaning. Enantiosis by negation of the contrary, as, "he is no fool" for "he is wise," is generally called litotes. Enantiosis or antiphrasis in such instances as the "Eumenides" (that is, "the gracious ones") for the "Erinyes" (Furies), or the "Good People" for the fairies, pa es into euphemism. See irony.