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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: enamailler, from Old French esmail 'enamel'

enamel

2 verb
     
enamel2 past tense and past participle enamelled, present participle enamelling British English, past tense and past participle enameled, present participle enameling American English [transitive]
to cover or decorate something with enamel
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