Definition of Agateware

1. Noun. Pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate.

Generic synonyms: Clayware, Pottery

Definition of Agateware

1. Noun. Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, supposed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agateware

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agateware

agarose
agarose gel electrophoresis
agaroses
agars
agarwood
agas
agasp
agast
agastric
agastroneuria
agate
agate line
agatelike
agateophobia
agates
agateware (current term)
agatewares
agathism
agathodaemon
agathodaemons
agathodaimon
agathodaimons
agathodemon
agathodemons
agathokakological
agathological
agathology
agatiferous
agatine
agatize

Literary usage of Agateware

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical apparatus by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1899)
"Absorption Tubes, A. Acid basins, porcelain, Acid Bottles, Acid Brushes, Acid Pitchers, Acid Pots, Adapters, of glass, Agate Mortars, agateware, all kinds, ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"agateware double boilers for making media. Cotton flannel for filtering media. ... agateware sauce pans for melting media in tubes before planting. ..."

3. Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia by Virginia State Corporation Commission (1906)
"2 agateware, Granite or Enameled Ware:, Iron or Steel, LCL t Same, C. L 4 agateware, Granite or Enameled Ware. Iron or Steel, in mixed CL with Tinware, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis (1902)
"at Birmingham, and agateware knife handles for the Sheffield cut- icrs. To these, as his business increased, he added the manufacture of table and tea ware, ..."

5. Marketing and Housework Manual by S. Agnes Donham (1917)
"Never put away any utensils until perfectly dry. agateware: Scour stains with ... Do not scrape food from agateware. ..."

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