Japanned

There is one strange fact with respect to the peacock, namely, the occasional appearance in England of the "japanned" or "black-shouldered" kind. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

Cook and Johnston came tearing around the corner carrying a beautiful japanned sedan chair between them. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

The horses (dappled greys) are to be stabled at Whitehall, and the coach (japanned black lacquer with lots of gold trim—gaudy) brought round to her special entrance when she has use of it. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Traveling on the liner Duchess of Richmond, the group carried "a small black japanned box," Mr. Phelps writes. ❋ Henry Petroski (2011)

Tizard's mission to the U.S. brought along one of them in the japanned box. ❋ Henry Petroski (2011)

Eugene came back with the champagne and two cut-glass flutes on a black japanned tray. ❋ Ruth Rendell (2010)

“Why, Boss, have you got yourself japanned?” he went on. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. Commissioner Pordage kept in a red-and-black japanned box, like a family lump-sugar box, some document or other, which some Sambo chief or other had got drunk and spilt some ink over (as well as I could understand the matter), and by that means had given up lawful possession of the ❋ Unknown (2007)

So as it was pretty late now, and he was unwilling to ring his bell at that hour of the night, he slipped on his coat, of which he had just divested himself, and taking the japanned candlestick in his hand, walked quietly downstairs. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The scene closing on these charmers, and the lower slide ascending, oranges were revealed, attended by a mighty japanned sugar – box, to temper their acerbity if unripe. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They brought a great old japanned screen, with natives (Japanese, I suppose) engaged in a variety of idiotic pursuits all over it; and left me roasting whole before an immense fire. ❋ Unknown (2007)

No fire was laid, only a few scraps of torn paper and the bowl of a broken corn-cob pipe were visible behind the bars, and in the corner and rather thrust away was an angular japanned coal-box with a damaged hinge. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

“And, also, I never confessed,” she said, “on that same occasion, what I must now own to: that I opened the japanned box, and took out that strange-looking wig inside it, and put it on and looked at myself in the glass in it.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Colonel, looking at his own honest face in a little looking-glass with a cut border and a japanned frame, by which the chief guests of the worthy gentleman and lady had surveyed their patches and powder, or shaved their hospitable beards. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Northumbrian chisel, grinned and ramped in red free-stone, now japanned by the smoke of centuries. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It was always jet black, being painted, or polished, or japanned, as occasion might require, by the hands of the capitaine himself. ❋ Unknown (2004)