单词 | figuline |
释义 | figulineadj.n. A. adj. a. Such as is produced by the potter; made of earthenware. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [adjective] > made of baked clay earthenc1350 pig1583 figuline1657 testaceous1658 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. T4v Turpentine may not onely be well reserved in an iron or glass Vessel, but in a figuline also. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata viii. 280 Improving..Figuline Ware by Palissy's White Glaze. 1790 T. Pennant Of London (1813) 171 Wedgewood..making it the repository of his figuline ware. b. Of earth: Suitable for the potter, fictile. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [adjective] > of clay: suitable for the potter fictile1676 figuline1686 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 124 The Smectic and figuline Earths. B. n. 1. An earthen vessel; in plural pottery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > earthenware vessel crockc1000 pigc1450 pot1463 muga1522 olla1535 test1545 capruncle1657 fictile1849 cruche1856 figuline1878 1878 H. W. Longfellow Kéramos 106 This Potter..whose figulines and rustic wares scarce find him bread. 2. Potter's clay. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > suitable for pottery eartha1350 pot earth?a1450 slip1640 blue clay1698 figuline1859 pottery clay1869 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery eartha1350 potter's clay?a1425 potter's earth1440 pot earth?a1450 argil1530 pot clay1674 throwing clay1686 figuline1859 pottery clay1869 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 383 The figuline, a greyish-brown clay, is procured from river-beds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1657 |
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