Definition of porcelain

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Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware..

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Cachepot :: Cachepot (n.) An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc..
Glaze :: Glaze (n.) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3..
Porcelainized :: Porcelainized (a.) Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Crackled :: Crackled (a.) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.
Diaphanous :: Diaphanous (a.) Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear..
Casserole :: Casserole (n.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain..
Lithophane :: Lithophane (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade..
Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) Purslain.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain..
Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..
Borax :: Borax (n.) A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O..
Underglaze :: Underglaze (a.) Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting..
Craze :: Craze (v. i.) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery..
Kaoline :: Kaoline (n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar..
Depolishing :: Depolishing (n.) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain..
Eyecup :: Eyecup (n.) A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass..
Celadon :: Celadon (n.) A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint..
Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain..
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