Definition of Japanning. Meaning of Japanning. Synonyms of Japanning

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Japanning. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Japanning and, of course, Japanning synonyms and on the right images related to the word Japanning.

Definition of Japanning

Japanning
Japanning Ja*pan"ning, n. The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
Japanning
Japan Ja*pan", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Japanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Japanning.] 1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. 2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.

Meaning of Japanning from wikipedia

- Europe. ****anning is most often a heavy black lacquer, almost like enamel paint. Black is common, and ****anning is often synonymous with black ****anning. The...
- ****an is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the...
- became known as ****anning, involves applying several coats of varnish which are each heat-dried and polished. In the 18th century, ****anning gained a large...
- Pontypool ****an is a name given to the process of ****anning with the use of an oil varnish and heat, which is credited to Thomas Allgood of Pontypool...
- decorative arts ****an black or ****an, a lacquer or varnish used on iron and steel ****anning, European imitation of Asian lacquerwork Pontypool ****an, the process...
- spoken mainly in ****an ****anese people, the ethnic group that identifies with ****an through ancestry or culture ****anese diaspora, ****anese emigrants and...
- this and related Asian tree species, as opposed to European "lacquer" or ****anning made from other materials. Urushiol is also the oil found in poison ivy...
- ****anese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ) is the prin****l language of the ****onic language family spoken by the ****anese people. It has around 123 million...
- in the West. Used as a verb, ****an means "to finish in ****an black". Thus ****anning and ****anned are terms describing the process and its products. Its...
- The Empire of ****an, also known as the ****anese Empire or Imperial ****an, was the ****anese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January...