Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Japanned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japan \Ja*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Japanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Japanning}.]
1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the
manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japanned \Ja*panned"\, a.
Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.
{Japanned leather},leather treated with coatings of Japan
varnish, and dried in a stove. --Knight.
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