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Definition of Potsherd

1. Noun. A shard of pottery.

Definition of Potsherd

1. n. A piece or fragment of a broken pot.

Definition of Potsherd

1. Noun. A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site. ¹

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Definition of Potsherd

1. a fragment of broken pottery [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potsherd

Literary usage of Potsherd

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"... a sheet-iron plate—a large potsherd on the ground gives a satisfactory result—on which is placed a furnace of bricks and mortar, or better, ..."

2. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"Let tlie potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth : shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? But let the man after God's own ..."

3. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"potsherd, also in AV " sherd," a broken piece of earthenware (Prov. xxvi. 23). which, according to the statement of St. Matthew ..."

4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A fragment of a pot or tile ; hence potsherd, written pot- »heard, in the early editions of the Bible, Job, ii, 8, &c. ..."

5. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"... "an earthen vessel," and in Job 41 30 substitutes "sharp potsherds" for "sharp stones." Sir 22 7 refers to the art of "gluing a potsherd ..."

6. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"potsherd, also in AV " sherd," a broken piece of earthenware (Prov. xxvi. 23). Pottery. The art of pottery is one of the most common and most ancient of all ..."

7. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd ; and my tongue cleav- eth to my jaws : and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. ..."

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