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Definition of Figuline
1. n. A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.
2. a. Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of clay.
Definition of Figuline
1. Noun. A piece of pottery decorated with representations of natural objects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Figuline
1. a piece of pottery [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figuline
Literary usage of Figuline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What to Observe: Or, The Traveller's Remembrancer by Julian R. Jackson (1841)
"... it falls to powder in water but does not form a paste with it, which latter
character dis. tinguishes it from the Plastic and figuline clays; ..."
2. The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis (1902)
"figuline. This word is to-day used only in ceramic language in France to qualify
a special kind of clay used in the composition of common faience, ..."
3. The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the Commencement of the Reign of by John Ward (1843)
"The Romans were celebrated for their figuline productions; and some of the
soldiers, or settlers at the neighbouring Station of Mediolanum, may first have ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Spec, figuline or fictile. molded, a. moulded (a variant), fictile. molding, n.
1. casting. 2. ornament; spec, bead or astragal, ..."
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