glaze (noun)

  • 91glossiness — noun the property of being smooth and shiny • Syn: ↑polish, ↑gloss, ↑burnish • Derivationally related forms: ↑burnish (for: ↑burnish), ↑glossy, ↑gloss …

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  • 92lusterware — noun pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze • Hypernyms: ↑pottery, ↑clayware …

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  • 93albany slip — noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: from Albany, N.Y. : a clay slip rich in natural fluxes that is used as a brown to black glaze on high fired ceramic wares (as stoneware) …

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  • 94bishop's purple — noun 1. : a violet glaze occurring in Oriental porcelain called also aubergine purple 2. : bishop s violet …

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  • 95brazilian arrowroot — noun Usage: usually capitalized B : a starch obtained from the bitter cassava and used as a food or industrially as a size, glaze, or laundry starch compare tapioca …

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  • 96chemical porcelain — noun : a porcelain that has low expansibility and acid resisting glaze and is used in chemical laboratories and plants …

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  • 97clay slip — noun : a slurry of clay and water used in casting ware as an engobe and with certain clays (as Albany slip) as a high fire glaze …

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  • 98copper luster — noun : a metallic luster on pottery obtained by firing a copper salt glaze applied to the pottery surface …

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  • 99crazing — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of craze (I) : the formation of minute cracks (as on glaze, enamel, varnish) usually attributed to shrinkage or sometimes to moisture …

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  • 100delftware — noun also delphware ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: Delft, Netherlands, where it originated + English ware 1. : a soft but strong tin glazed Dutch faience decorated on the unfired glaze in blue or sometimes polychrome originally in imitation of oriental… …

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