greywaregraywaren.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪwɛː/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪˌwɛr/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and ware n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., ware n.³

Etymology: < grey adj. + ware n.³

Now chiefly Archaeology.

Any of various kinds of (esp. ancient) clay pottery that are grey in colour, being either made from grey clay or given a grey colour in firing.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.Cf. brown ware n. at brown adj. Compounds 2, redware n.², etc.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery of specific colour

white ware1577

yellow ware1764

pearl white1779

cream-ware1780

Egyptian black1784

greyware1793

agateware1817

pearl pottery1825

brown ware1836

pearlware1842

black pot1851

cane colour1866

tortoiseshell ware1879

1793 Archaeologia 8 123 Fragments of a vessel, fine grey ware ornamented.

1879 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 12 Dec. 3/4 A Roman pottery whose produce was a course [sic] grey ware.

1936 Palestine Post 3 Aug. 3/5 Among the samples of pottery which that indefatigable explorer recovered from the wastes were pieces of grey ware.

1978 Stud. Pre-Columbian Art No. 19. 12/2 Other grayware spout-handled effigy jars have been found in Chiapas.

1997 Oxoniensia 61 117 Of particular note were..fine greyware beakers with barbotine dot..decoration.

2003 E. Bryant Quest for Origins Vedic Culture x. 210 The grayware can be traced back to the fourth millennium B.C.E. and is therefore too early for the Indo-Iranians.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greyware
释义	greywaregraywaren. Brit. /ˈɡreɪwɛː/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪˌwɛr/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and ware n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., ware n.³ Etymology: < grey adj. + ware n.³ Now chiefly Archaeology. Any of various kinds of (esp. ancient) clay pottery that are grey in colour, being either made from grey clay or given a grey colour in firing.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.Cf. brown ware n. at brown adj. Compounds 2, redware n.², etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery of specific colour white ware1577 yellow ware1764 pearl white1779 cream-ware1780 Egyptian black1784 greyware1793 agateware1817 pearl pottery1825 brown ware1836 pearlware1842 black pot1851 cane colour1866 tortoiseshell ware1879 1793 Archaeologia 8 123 Fragments of a vessel, fine grey ware ornamented. 1879 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 12 Dec. 3/4 A Roman pottery whose produce was a course [sic] grey ware. 1936 Palestine Post 3 Aug. 3/5 Among the samples of pottery which that indefatigable explorer recovered from the wastes were pieces of grey ware. 1978 Stud. Pre-Columbian Art No. 19. 12/2 Other grayware spout-handled effigy jars have been found in Chiapas. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 117 Of particular note were..fine greyware beakers with barbotine dot..decoration. 2003 E. Bryant Quest for Origins Vedic Culture x. 210 The grayware can be traced back to the fourth millennium B.C.E. and is therefore too early for the Indo-Iranians. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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