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encaustic

c. 1600 (n.), "art of encaustic painting;" 1650s (adj.) "produced by burning in," from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein "to burn in" from en (see en- (2)) + kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). "Strictly applicable only to painting executed or finished by the agency of heat" [Century Dictionary].

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Definitions of encaustic from WordNet

encaustic (n.)
a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application;
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