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Definition of Japanning

1. n. The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

Definition of Japanning

1. Noun. European technique of creating lacquerware in imitation of traditional Japanese style. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Japanning

1. japan [v] - See also: japan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanning

Literary usage of Japanning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"Japanning. ALL wood work intended to be japanned must be prepared with size, ... Be very careful, in japanning, to grind your colours smooth in spirit of ..."

2. Elements of Technology: Taken Chiefly from a Course of Lectures Delivered at by Jacob Bigelow (1831)
"Japanning is the art of varnishing in colors, and is therefore a species of painting. It is most easily executed upon wood and metal, or such other ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"It is apparent that wood designed for japanning must be thoroughly dried, ... The practice of japanning has been greatly extended of late years to a ..."

4. Elements of Science and Art: Being a Familiar Introduction to Natural by John Imison (1822)
"Japanning is properly the art of varnishing and painting ornaments on wood, in the same manner as is done by the natives of Japan in the East Indies. ..."

5. A practical workshop companion for tin, sheet iron, and copper plate workers by Leroy J. Blinn (1866)
"Japanning AND VARNISHING. Japanning is the art of covering bodies by grounds of ... Paper should be stiff for japanning. The French prime all their japanned ..."

6. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"15 Hay bailers 7.5 Fanning mills 0.26 Oat crushers 5 Comparative Costs of Gas and Fuel Oil In Heating Japanning Ovens. EF Lake in Machinery, Aug., 1916, ..."

7. The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation by James Smith (1815)
"Japanning. The substances proper for japanning, are, wood and metal, with all others, which retain a determinate form, and arc capable of sustaining the ..."

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