steatite porcelain

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• steatite — noun Etymology: Latin steatitis, a precious stone, from Greek, from steat , stear Date: 1794 1. a massive talc having a grayish green or brown color ; soapstone 2. an electrically insulating porcelain composed largely of steatite • steatitic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Worcester — I. noun Date: 1783 low fired porcelain containing a frit and steatite produced at Worcester, England, from about 1751 called also Worcester china, Worcester porcelain II. biographical name Joseph Emerson 1784 1865 American lexicographer III.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary