▪ I. ‖ email1
(ɛˈmeɪl)
[Fr., = enamel.]
Used attrib. in email ink, ink used on glass, porcelain, etc.; email ombrant Pottery, a process in which the impressions of the design appear as shadows (see quots. a 1877 and 1957).
| a 1877 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 796/1 Email-ombrant, a process which consists in flooding colored but transparent glasses over designs stamped in the body of earthenware or porcelain. 1880 C. A. Janvier Pract. Keramics viii. 95 In these the pattern is..exactly the opposite of the émaux ombrants. a 1884 Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Email ink... Colored inks—black, white, red, blue—used with a quill on glass, porcelain, ivory, marble, bone, mother of pearl, or metal. 1957 Mankowitz & Haggar Encycl. Eng. Pott. & Porc. 83/2 Email ombrant, an illusionist style of decoration like lithophane but the intaglio decoration was filled with coloured glaze (usually green) which produced a monochrome picture in a variety of tones. Developed at the Rubenes [sic = Rubelles] factory by Baron A. du Tremblay in the 1840's. |
▪ II. email2 Computing.
(ˈiːmeɪl)
Also e-mail.
Colloq. shortening of electronic mail s.v. electronic a. 3.
| 1982 Computerworld 5 July 68 ADR/Email is reportedly easy to use and features simple, English verbs and prompt screens. 1983 Infosystems Sept. 113/2 Email promotes movement of information through space. 1984 Listener 28 June 38/1 E-mail achieves the same as a telex, or teleprinter, but at much lower cost. 1986 Times 14 Jan. 27/5 Electronic mail—now known universally as e-mail. The partnership of word processor and e-mail almost eliminate [sic] the need for paper. 1986 Sunday Times 25 May 69/6 Simple enough for ‘email’, as it is sometimes called, to be one of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. In Britain, Telecom Gold is doubling its email customer base every year. |