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encaustic definition

en·caus·tic (en kôs′tik)

adjective

done by a process of burning in or applying heat encaustic tile

Etymology: L encausticus < Gr enkaustikos < enkaustos, burnt in < enkaiein, to burn in < en-, in + kaiein, to burn

noun

a method of painting in which colors in wax are fused to a surface with hot irons

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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