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Definition of Earthenware

1. Noun. Ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat.

Definition of Earthenware

1. n. Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

Definition of Earthenware

1. Noun. (ceramics) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earthenware

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthenware

Literary usage of Earthenware

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

1. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"earthenware. The term potter's clay is very loosely used to designate a great variety of plastic clays. We shall in this place consider but two divisions of ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"At the banquet given by the earthenware dealers of Philadelphia to their brethren ... Mr. Hacker, President of the Philadelphia earthenware Board of Trade, ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"The making of earthenware has been conducted in this district for nearly two centurie«. Many villages, containing large works devoted to this manufacture, ..."

4. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"The comparison therefore resolves itself into one between earthenware conduits ... While the number of engineers to favour earthenware has been increasing, ..."

5. Hand Book of the United States Tariff: Containing the Tariff Act of 1913 by Vandegrift, F.B., & Co, United States (1913)
"SO plain white 50% 79-80 earthenware, clock cases, with or without movements ... 79-80 " mugs, composed of earthenware and metal, if earthenware chief value ..."

6. Chats on English China by Arthur Hayden (1904)
"All that is not earthenware is porcelain, and all that is not porcelain is ... Strictly speaking these " Chats" on earthenware ought to have appeared at the ..."

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