encaustic
adj.
5L encausticus < Gr enkaustikos < enkaustos, burnt in < enkaiein, to burn in < en3, in + kaiein, to burn6 done by a process of burning in or applying heat !encaustic tile"
n.
a method of painting in which colors in wax are fused to a surface with hot irons
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adv.