To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
Origin
From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- + amailler, variant of Old French esmailler, from esmal, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijanÄ…. Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte.
From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).
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