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Webster 1913 Edition
Cloisonne
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Cloiˊson-né
,Adj.
[F., partitioned, fr.
cloison
a partition.] Inlaid between partitions: – said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from
champlevé
enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.