Definition of Petuntse

1. a mineral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petuntse

petty thefts
petty whin
pettychaps
pettyfogger
pettyfoggers
pettywhin
petulance
petulances
petulancies
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
petulcity
petunia
petunias
petuntse (current term)
petuntses
petuntze
petuntzes
petzite
petzites
peuce
peucedanin
peuces
peucil
peutz-jeghers syndrome
pew
pewee
pewees
pewet

Literary usage of Petuntse

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"Reaumur examined both these matters ; 'and having exposed them separately to a violent fire, he discovered, that the petuntse had fused without addition, ..."

2. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"Common clay, yellow, brown, and blue ; kaolin and petuntse, pipe clay, fire clays, Stourbridge clay, fuller's earth, red and yellow ochres, slates, ..."

3. The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom: Relative to the Strata of Coal by John Williams, James Millar (1810)
"The kaolin and petuntse, reduced to fine powder, are mixed together, formed into a paste, and moulded into all sorts of porcelain vessels. ..."

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