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Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture.
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A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
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A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface
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(chiefly alchemy) one that was hoped to be transmuted into a precious metal.
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A very hard abrasive made from boron nitride granules.
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A form of rouge, once manufactured in Bristol, that was used to polish silver cutlery
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An off-white glaze for ceramics, containing zinc, calcium, etc.
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An alloy of lead and tin.
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A lotion of linseed oil and limewater, applied to burns and scalds.
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A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
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Alternative form of cermet [A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades.]
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Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
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(Australia, colloquial) A playing marble made from agate.
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a pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table
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A glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys etc.
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(obsolete, rare) Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”).
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An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
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Obsolete form of enamel. [An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.]
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Alternative form of faience [A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.]
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Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
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The neutral salt skimmed from the surface of melted crown glass.
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(countable) A place for storing or displaying glassware.
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Alternative spelling of gold plate [To apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold.]
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(of ceramics) Being or relating to a ceramic material that requires either high firing temperatures or special mineral ingredients.
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A material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.
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Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
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Alternative spelling of kaolin [A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.]
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Traditional house ornament made of glass
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A variety of agate that exhibits a lace-like pattern with forms such as eyes, swirls, bands or zigzags.
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A white opalescent glass from Murano
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A mixture of refractory materials used in casting metal.
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(art) A style of decorated glass painted in white enamel, typically with figures of children at play.
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A former lubricant (for bearings) composed of graphite and other material
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A form of opaque toughened glass used for dinnerware.
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Alternative form of petunse [Powdered feldspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.]
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(art) A vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.
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(uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
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A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot
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An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
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An oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.
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(historical) electroplated ware in which the silver is made to sink into the pores of the plated baser metal by the action of heat
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A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
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(Australia) A hard, grey coloured, aniseed flavoured, sugar-based confectionery in the shape of a rod or stick.
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(engineering) A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
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A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
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(metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
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Copper so reduced; called also tough-cake.
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An alloy of silver, copper, and lead.
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To apply a decorative slip to the surface of pottery before glazing.
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A caustic mixture of potash and quicklime.
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A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, and seven or eight of bismuth.
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