japannedadj.
/dʒəˈpand/ 1.
a. Varnished, lacquered, or adorned with japan or in Japanese style.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [adjective] > japanned or lacquered
lacquered1687
japanned1693
1693–4 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 338 The tortoise-shell room, and the japanned room.
1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle i. i. 6 A japan'd cane, and a brush'd beaver.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. lv. 305 Their lackt or japon'd Ware is..the best in the World.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1356 Specimens of japanned tea-trays.
b. Polished with blacking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other
voideda1539
high-topped1582
low-cuta1600
upright1608
seven-league1707
spurred?1707
japanned1750
hen-skin1846
pegged1846
stogy1847
wing-tip1872
foxed1880
brogued1894
welted1895
orthopaedic1897
tackless1907
dazzle1931
Jesus1942
pebble-grained1943
unconstructed1973
1750 Student 1 No. 3. 93 A white Hand is..the same to a Fiddler as japan'd pumps are to a Dancer.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs Pref. 3 He wore japanned boots and moustachios.
2. Made or become Japanese.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Japan > [adjective]
Japonian1613
Japannish1851
Nipponese1859
Japanesque1883
japanned1889
Japanesey1890
Nip1942
1889 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 540 The ‘nice’ drivel of talk in Japanned parlours.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Nov. 7/1 More will be heard later of these japanned Chinese.
3. japanned leather (see quot. a1877); japanned peacock, japanned peafowl, the black-winged peafowl, Pavo cristatus mut. nigripennis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl) > types of
Guinea peacock1698
japanned peafowl1814
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather finished in specific way
red leather1418
black work1587
frieze-leather1594
shagreen1677
chagrin1678
wax-leather1711
patent leather1797
satin leather1802
japanned leather1851
Peau d'Espagne1855
grain-leather1858
suede1878
pebble leather1880
suede leather1882
ooze leather1888
blacking leather1895
grain1895
patent1902
ooze1916
1814 R. Heron Jrnl. in Proc. Zool. Soc. (1835) 54 The hens..would not suffer a japanned peacock to touch them.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1252/1 Japanned leather, grained calf-skin for boots and shoes, and trimmings.
1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 698/2 The Japanned pea-fowl, as it ought to be styled, instead of the Japan pea-fowl.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1211/1 Japanned leather, leather treated with several coats of Japan varnish and dried in a stove.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 699 The ‘japanned’ Peacock, often erroneously named the Japanese or Japan Peacock,..has received the name of P[avo] nigripennis, as though it were a distinct species.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III iii. 701 The ‘japanned’ bird is not known to exist anywhere as a wild race.
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