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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  encaustic
       n : a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it
           is fixed with heat after application

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  encaustic
     Romanian n.
     (l en encaustic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  encaustic
     a.
     (lb en art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
     n.
     1 a wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating
     2 a painting produced using this paint

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  encaustic
     Romanian n.
     (l en encaustic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  encaustic
     a.
     (lb en art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
     n.
     1 a wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating
     2 a painting produced using this paint

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  encaustic /ɛŋkˈɔːstɪk/ 
  enkaustický

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  encaustic /ɛŋkˈɔːstɪk/
  1. (güz. san.) tahta veya çömlek üzerine yakmak suretiyle tezyinat yapılmış olan
  2. sıcak balmumu ile resim yapma, ısı vasıtasıyla renkleri sabitleştirme
  3. bu gibi işler, çini, fayans.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 上釉烧的,烧上彩色的,烧上蜡的;
  n. 蜡画法,蜡画,瓷画;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 上釉烧的,烧上彩色的,烧上蜡的
     n. 蜡画法,蜡画,瓷画

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