'Encaustic painting' definitions:

Definition of 'Encaustic painting'

From: GCIDE
  • Encaustic \En*caus"tic\, a. [L. encausticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to burn in; ? in + ? to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. [1913 Webster]
  • Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors.
  • Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color. [1913 Webster]