pottery

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Washington, Oct 9: Scientists have obtained geochemical clues about the composition of volcanic ash used in Maya pottery between the 7th and 10th centuries, which could also help them determine where potters obtained their raw materials.

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  1. noun Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.
  2. noun The craft or occupation of a potter.
  3. noun The place where a potter works.

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  • He died, January 23, 1806 Political Economy_, the science which treats of the general causes affecting the production, distribution, and consumption, of articles of exchangeable value, in reference to their effects upon national wealth and welfare Pollen_, the fertilizing dust of flowers, produced by the stamens, and falling upon the pistils, in order to render a flower capable of producing fruit or seed Potter's clay_, the clay used in making articles of pottery Prairie_, a French word, signifying meadow_. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
  • The ornamental pottery which is still made--though in a small quantity--resembles Doulton ware, but the great development of the industry has been in the direction of glazed ware of great resisting power. —  Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London
  • It represents a female face in relief, as occurs so often in Greek pottery, surrounded by an ornament of lotus, maeander and palmette. —  The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
  • Only rarely have they made pottery, their roving life requiring utensils of greater stability. —  The North American Indian
  • Like the Navaho they make but little pottery, and that only for utilitarian purposes The Jicarillas seem to have no system of clans or gentes. —  The North American Indian
 

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  1. French poterie, from Old French, from potier, potter, from pot, pot; see potiche.

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  1. from F poterie (=Provencal potaria), pottery, from pot, a pot: see pot.
 

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