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cloisonné
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cloisonné, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
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