Word Meanings - POTTERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to potters. Pottern ore, a species of ore which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's wares, the miners call by this name. Boyle.

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• POTTERN
  Of or pertaining to potters. Pottern ore, a species of ore which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's wares, the miners call by this name. Boyle.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• BOYLE'S LAW
  See LAW
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WARES
  See WARE
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• GLAZY
  Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• POTTERY
  1. The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked. 2. The place where earthen vessels are made.
• POTTER
  The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. Potter's asthma , emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for
• VITRIFY
  To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
• GLAZE
  To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to , to modify the effect. (more info) 1. To furnish with glass. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon. 2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with
• GLAZEN
  Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. Wyclif.
• GLAZER
  1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like. 2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung
• GLAZIER
  One whose business is to set glass. Glazier's diamond. See under Diamond.
• APTNESS
  1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. The aptness of his quotations. J. R. Green. 2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example. 3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness
• GLAZING
  Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect. (more info) 1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy. 2. The
• ADAPTNESS
  Adaptedness.
• DEGLAZE
  To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as to give a dull finish.
• SPOTTER
  One who spots.
• DELAWARES
  A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
• DEGLAZING
  The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. Knight.
• DEVITRIFY
  To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.
• OVERGLAZE
  Applied over the glaze; -- said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware. Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.