enamel

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. (countable, uncountable)A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

   “Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson”

3. (countable, uncountable)The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. (countable, uncountable)A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

verb

1. (transitive)To coat or decorate with enamel.

   “Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich.”

2. (transitive)To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.

   “Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.”

3. (transitive)To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

   “to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth”

4. (transitive)To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.