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Definition of Fayence

1. n. See Fa&?;ence.

Definition of Fayence

1. Noun. (alternative form of faience) ¹

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Definition of Fayence

1. faience [n -S] - See also: faience

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fayence

Literary usage of Fayence

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

1. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Walter Rogers Johnson, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1849)
"(fayence.) Fie. 189. cut off in front of the die plate. ... (fayence.) Historical.—Amongst the various branches of the potter's art, that of preparing fine ..."

2. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"(fayence.) Fie. 189. cut off in front of the die plate. ... (fayence.) Historical.—Amongst the various branches of the potter's art, that of preparing fine ..."

3. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner, Ferdinand Fischer (1904)
"fayence ware (English fine stoneware) derives its name from the town of Faenza ... In the ninth century the Spanish Moors manufactured fayence in the Island ..."

4. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"Magnificent bottle of coloured glass ; blue fayence dish; draught-board and ... The Show Case in the centre contains figures of the dead in blue fayence, ..."

5. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"Magnificent bottle of coloured glass; blue fayence dish; draught-board and men ... The Show Case in the centre contains figures of the dead in blue fayence, ..."

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