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encaustic

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en⋅caus⋅tic

  [en-kaw-stik]
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–adjective
1. painted with wax colors fixed with heat, or with any process in which colors are burned in.
–noun
2. a work of art produced by an encaustic process.
Origin:
1650–60; < L encausticus < Gk enkaustikós for burning in. See en- 2 , caustic

Related forms:
en⋅caus⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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R&F Encaustic Supplies
From Paints to Raw Materials, R&F Has Your Encaustic Supplies.
www.RFPaints.com/Encaustics
Dick Blick Art Materials
Encaustic painting, pigments, tools Huge savings when you buy online
DickBlick.com
en·caus·tic   (ěn-kô'stĭk)   
n.  

  1. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat after its application.

  2. The art of painting with this substance.

  3. A painting produced with the use of this substance.


[Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein, enkau-, to paint in encaustic : en-, in; see en-2 + kaiein, to burn.]
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Adele Louise Shaw
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