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<i>Atterbury.</i>

<h1>Enacture</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*ac"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Enactment; resolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enaliosaur</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*al"i*o*saur`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of the Enaliosauria.</def>

<h1>Enaliosauria</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ marine (<?/ in + <?/ the sea) + <?/ a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.</def>

<h1>Enaliosaurian</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Enaliosauria.</def></def2>

<h1>Enallage</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>E*nal"la*ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ an exchange, fr. <?/ to exchange; <?/ in + <?/ to change.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.</def>

<h1>Enambush</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*am"bush</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To ambush.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Enamel</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*am"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>amel</ets>. See <er>Amel</er>, <er>Smelt</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.</def>

<cs><col>Enamel painting</col>, <cd>painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire.</cd> -- <col>Enamel paper</col>, <cd>paper glazed a metallic coating.</cd></cs>

<h1>Enamel</h1> <Xpage=487>

<hw>En*am"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Enameled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Enamelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enameling</er> or <er>Enamelling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To variegate with colors as if with enamel.</def>

<blockquote>Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek <b>enameled</b> neck. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; <as>as, to <ex>enamel</ex> card paper; to <ex>enamel</ex> leather or cloth.</as></def>