单词 | faience ware |
释义 | > as lemmasfaience ware In general use as a modifier (in either sense), as in faience ware, faience tile, etc. ΚΠ 1707 tr. Fr. de Tartre Let. in Edifying & Curious Lett. Some Missioners I. 189 Then we produc'd other Things that might be more useful to them, as Hats, Shoes, and Fayance Ware. 1883 W. H. Bishop in Harper's Mag. Mar. 504/2 A Henri II. faience candlestick. 1922 M. Moore Let. 18 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 190 We have also paid a visit to the Metropolitan Museum and have seen the faience hippopotamus and the Flemish and Florentine paintings. 1939 P. G. Chadwick Death Guard ii. 66 They're not brick, Manders: they're ferro-concrete with matt faience facings. 1990 Country Life 24 May 115/2 His [sc. Lechner's] buildings are distinctly stiff, their external surfaces largely flat; but they were highly coloured, thanks to the generous use of faience tiles. 2017 Northlines (New Delhi) (Nexis) 27 Feb. Some pieces of faience bangles, besides some earthen pots were also found. < as lemmas |
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