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encaustic

n. சூளையிட்டு வண்ணம் பாய்ச்சுதல், (பெ.) சூட்டுவண்ணமுள்ள.


En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Defn: 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. En*caus"tic, n. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.] Defn: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.


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