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Definition of Potiche
1. n. A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
Definition of Potiche
1. a type of vase [n -S] - See also: vase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potiche
Literary usage of Potiche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What I Know: Or, Hints on the Daily Duties of a Housekeeper. Comprising by Elizabeth Nicholson (1856)
"Arrange them on a table as you wish them to appear in your potiche. Apply with
a brush some gum in the inside of the potiche, oyer the whole surface you ..."
2. Revised Catalogue, Department of Fine Arts, with Index of Exhibitors (1893)
"potiche, bamboo design. 913. Bargas, Armand (Paris). Portrait of a child. ...
potiche, variations of white. 916. Levasseur, Henri-Louis (Paris). ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"skunk cabbage. potiche, /. flask, bottle (for shipping mercury) ; Oriental vase;
potiche; test cut in timber. potier, m. potter; (d'étain) tinman. potin, ..."
4. Chymical, Natural, and Physical Magic: Intended for the Instruction and by George William Septimus Piesse (1865)
"The ground colour being poured into the vase, a rotatory motion is given to the
potiche, for the purpose of diffusing it equally over every part. ..."
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