Definition of potter

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Potter (v. i.) To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother..

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Potter :: Potter (n.) One who pots meats or other eatables.
Majolica :: Majolica (n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century..
Ectype :: Ectype (n.) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:.
Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..
Furnace :: Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc..
Barbotine :: Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..
Glazing :: Glazing (n.) The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper..
Cup :: Cup (n.) A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like..
Pottery :: Pottery (n.) The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked..
Figuline :: Figuline (n.) A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.
Crocker :: Crocker (n.) A potter.
Delftware :: Delftware (n.) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence.
Potter :: Potter (v. i.) To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
Frit :: Frit (v. t.) The material for glaze of pottery.
Scroddled Ware :: Scroddled ware () Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.
Sigillated :: Sigillated (a.) Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.
Porcelainized :: Porcelainized (a.) Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
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