单词 | pottery clay |
释义 | > as lemmaspottery clay pottery clay n. = pot clay n. at pot n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > suitable for pottery eartha1350 pot earth?a1450 slip1640 blue clay1698 figuline1859 pottery clay1869 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery eartha1350 potter's clay?a1425 potter's earth1440 pot earth?a1450 argil1530 pot clay1674 throwing clay1686 figuline1859 pottery clay1869 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. 305 The water froths against pure pottery-clay. 1921 Geol. S. Wales Coalfield (Mem. Geol. Surv. XIII) xii. 169 The isolated Bovey Tracey Beds of Devon, consisting in part of pottery clays..are supposed to have been laid down in a small, local lake-basin. 1962 W. Stegner Wolf Willow iv. ii. 250 Floods of settlers..all figured in the dream, as did..oil, pottery clay, glass sand, and other..resources. 2001 P. Ball Bright Earth iii. 64 The Babylonians made lead glazes simply by grinding the mineral galena (lead sulphide) to a fine dust and painting it on to the pottery clay. < as lemmas |
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