encaustic

Definition of Encaustic in English :

1. encaustic

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Encaustic

adjective

1.

decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface

noun

2.

the process of burning in colours

3.

a product of such a process

adjective

1.

done by a process of burning in or applying heat

encaustic tile

noun

2.

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

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.