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• Glaze — (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glazed} (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glazing}.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See {Glass}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. [1913 Webster] Two cabinets daintily… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• earthenware — /err theuhn wair /, n. 1. pottery of baked or hardened clay, esp. any of the coarse, opaque varieties. 2. clay for making such pottery. [1640 50; EARTHEN + WARE1] * * * Pottery that has been fired at low heat and is slightly more porous and… …   Universalium

• earthenware — n. & adj. n. pottery, vessels, etc., made of clay fired to a porous state which can be made impervious to liquids by the use of a glaze (cf. PORCELAIN). adj. made of fired clay. Etymology: EARTHEN + WARE(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• tin-glazed earthenware — ▪ pottery also called  Tin enameled Earthenware,    earthenware covered with an opaque glaze that, unless colour has been added, is white. It is variously called faience, majolica, and delftware. Essentially it is lead glaze made opaque by the… …   Universalium

• Ceramic glaze — Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. Dated 16th century. From Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Glaze is a layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fired to fuse to a ceramic object to color, decorate, strengthen or …   Wikipedia

• Salt glaze pottery — Pottery referred to as salt glazed or salted is created by adding common salt, sodium chloride, into the chamber of a hot kiln. Sodium acts as a flux and reacts with the silica in the clay body. A typical salt glaze piece has a glassine finish,… …   Wikipedia

• lead glaze —    A vitreous coating applied for practical and ornamental purposes to earthenware, consisting of powder of lead oxide with silacious sand, salt and potash which fuses when fired. It is transparent but color can be added. Because of lead s… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• faience or faïence —    glaze earthenware. Although the term originally referred only to the tin glazed earthenware made at Faenza, Italy, it is sometimes used to refer to a paste which produces a glaze like surface when fired. Also, glazed earthenware used for… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Glazed — Glaze Glaze (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glazed} (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glazing}.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See {Glass}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. [1913 Webster] Two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Glazing — Glaze Glaze (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glazed} (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glazing}.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See {Glass}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. [1913 Webster] Two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Saint-Porchaire faience — ▪ earthenware also called  Henri Deux Ware, or Faïence Dʾoiron,         lead glazed earthenware (inaccurately called faience, or tin glazed ware) made in the second quarter of the 16th century at Saint Porchaire in the département of Deux Sèvres …   Universalium