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porcelainize, v.|ˈpɔəsɪlənaɪz| [f. porcelain + -ize.] trans. To convert into porcelain or a substance of the same nature.
1863A. C. Ramsay Phys. Geog. 14 It has been ‘porcelainized’, or baked like potter's clay. 1865Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2), Porcelainised,..applied to clays, shales, and other stratified rocks that have been hardened and altered by igneous contact. Hence porcelainiˈzation.
1907W. Burton Porcelain (in Athenæum 16 Feb. 203/3) So that the porcelainisation of the body and the fusion of the glaze go side by side. |