单词 | earthenware |
释义 | earthenwaren. 1. a. As a mass noun: pots, dishes, and other objects made of clay fired at a relatively low temperature to a porous state, and which can be made impermeable by glazing.Earthenware is usually distinguished from stoneware and porcelain, which are vitrified and thus do not require a glaze to be impermeable. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] clay-work1612 earthenwarea1624 pottery ware1633 pot-ware1661 earthware1713 ware1741 pottery1771 vitrefacture1841 ceramic1880 briquetage1902 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) xiii. 244 When all the other guests were serued in plate, he caused him to be serued in earthen-ware. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 29 The Town [sc. Delft] is noted for good earthen Ware, as Stone-jugs, Pots, etc. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 404 Earthen Ware from Stafford, Nottingham, and Kent. 1792 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 270 When earthen ware is mentioned in this paper, the cream-coloured or queen's ware is meant. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 15 Some earthern ware was discovered, very rudely manufactured. 1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 30 The manufacture of earthen-ware. 1922 A. Jekyll Kitchen Ess. 28 The shining utensils, the gay earthenware, the charming patronne. 1997 M&S Mag. Spring 15/2 Hand-decorated earthenware in sunshine colours will brighten your kitchen instantly. b. In plural. Kinds or items of earthenware. ΚΠ 1672 Proclam. Charles II 22 July (single sheet) Prohibiting the Importation of Painted Earthen Wares. 1719 N. F. Haym Brit. Treasury I. 82 The Amphora may perhaps intend no more than a Memorial of the fine Earthen Wares for which the Athenians as well as the Chians were famous. 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. ii. iv. 519 This is the ancient seat of the pottery, where doubtless earthen wares of one kind or other have been made many centuries. 1813 T. Faulkner Hist. Acct. Fulham 27 In the year 1684 Mr. John Dwight..established..a manufactory of earthern wares known under the name of White Gorges. 1896 C. D. E. Fortnum (title) Maiolica. A historical treatise on the glazed and enamelled earthenwares of Italy. 1919 Folk-lore 30 278 A man is at once dispatched to make the grave ready, another to bring white shrouds and incense and earthenwares. 2003 Oxoniensia 67 320 Staffordshire and London stonewares and earthenwares, Chinese and English porcelain, Astbury, Jackfield and Agate wares, and tin-glazed earthernwares. 2. The material of which earthenware products are made. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [noun] tilea1325 potc1384 tilestonec1425 cloam1659 earthenware1670 pig1808 1670 I. Tonge Let. 6 June in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 27 I took a toad..and hanging him neare ye chimney by ye Legs, and set under him not a platter of wax, wch was not at hand, but of white Earthen ware. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 215 The most brittle Water-carriage was used among the Ægyptians, who, as Strabo saith, would sail sometimes in Boats made of Earthen-ware. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 295 Pour it into a jar of stone or earthen~ware. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xix. 223 In order to form the handles of vessels of earthenware, the clay is forced through a hole of a proper shape in an iron box. 1844 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 267 Earthenware is made from a white secondary clay. 1944 D. E. Warland Teach yourself Constructional Details ix. 122 Sinks may be obtained in fireclay, earthenware or polished non-corrosive metals. 2003 Guardian 22 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 132/2 Couscous..is usually cooked in a special vessel, called a couscoussier, which is made from either earthenware or woven grass. Compounds General attributive and objective, as earthenware pot, earthenware seller, etc. ΚΠ 1684 Thames Uncas'd (single sheet) Not a Horn can he buy, Nor an Earthen-ware-toy, His Wife or his Children to cheer. 1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce 23 An Earthen-ware Seller. 1794 F. Spilsbury Art Etching & Aqua Tinting 28 Take one ounce of fine carmine, boil it in a clean earthen ware Dutch pot. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 24 England is a large earthen-ware pipkin. 1813 Examiner 24 May 329/1 J. Downes, High Holborn, earthenwareman. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 106 The light by which the minister was reading was a wax-candle in a white earthenware candlestick. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 69/2 Ivy, growing from hanging white earthenware pots, add a softening influence, often so sadly lacking in today's kitchens. 1997 Publican 27 Jan. 21/1 A steak and ale pie here will not be accompanied by an earthenware dish and..eccentric puff pastry hat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1624 |
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