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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.
1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost., London: ">…] , and are to be sold by Peter Parker; nd by Robert Boulter; nd Matthias Walker,, →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books:, London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873, →OCLC:
Oft he bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
(transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
(transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.