An early name for porcelain or majolica, dating to a period when its composition was still a secret. (Cf. China, n.1 adj.compounds 2a(a) quot. 1646.)
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > glazed (4) China-metal1599 An early name for porcelain or majolica, dating to a period when its composition was still a secret. (Cf. China, n.1 adj.compounds 2a(a) quot. 1646.) faience1670 Glazed ceramic ware, esp. decorated tin-glazed earthenware of the type which includes delftware and maiolica (a type originally made at Faenza in… redware1699 Any of various kinds of pottery made from red clay or given a red colour in firing; esp. (a) boccaro as imported into Europe from China in the 17th… salt glaze1968 (see quot. 1855); also transferred, ceramic objects to which salt glaze has been applied; hence as v. transitive. |
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