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porcelainn.adj.  Brit.  /ˈpɔːsl̩ᵻn/, /ˈpɔːs(ə)lᵻn/, /ˈpɔːsl̩eɪn/, /ˈpɔːs(ə)leɪn/, U.S. /ˈpɔrs(ə)lən/Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French porcelaine, pourcelaine, porceline. Etymology: < Middle French, French porcelaine, †pourcelaine, †porceline a kind of univalve mollusc with a nacreous shell, the shell itself, (now spec.) a cowrie (1298 in Marco Polo), chinaware (also 1298 in Marco Polo), a vessel made of china (c1600), beads or shells used as currency, wampum (1620 or earlier as pourceline in the source translated in quot. 1882 at sense A. 4), apparently < Italian porcellana , denoting both the mollusc and the ceramic material (although this is apparently first attested later (14th cent. in both senses in the Italian version of Marco Polo)), probably < porcella female piglet, a young sow (a1400; see below) + -ana , feminine of -ano -an suffix, perhaps after ancient Greek χοιρίνη small sea-mussel < χοῖρος pig, also female genitals (see cherogril n.) + -ίνη (see -ine suffix3). Italian porcella is < porca sow (a1342), feminine of porco pork n.1 + -ella -ella suffix; compare porca, porcella cockle or mussel shell in which painters put their colours (1611 in apparently isolated use), porcelletta shellfish (a1488), and also porcello (male) piglet, pig (1272). Compare ( < Italian) post-classical Latin porcellana (a1540; 1622, 1626 in British sources; a1250 in a British source denoting a cowrie shell), Spanish porcelana (1495 or earlier), Catalan porcellana (14th cent.), Portuguese porcelana (15th cent. as porçelana, porçellãa), German Porzellan (1477 as porzelane in a translation of Marco Polo); also Dutch porselein (1596; < French), Swedish porslin (1640 as perselin in Perselin-faat), Danish porcelæn.The ceramic material was apparently so named on account of the resemblance of its translucent surface to the nacreous shell of the mollusc. From at least the mid 16th cent. a popular explanation was current (cited e.g. 1557 in Scaliger ) according to which there was a glaze on chinaware that was actually made from these shells, but it is uncertain whether this dates back to the original naming of the ceramic material or whether it shows a later rationalization. (The actual details of the process of making true porcelain were not known in Europe before the 18th cent.: see china n.2 1 and compare sense A. 1b.) The cowrie was probably originally so named on account of the resemblance of the fissure of its shell to a vulva (it is unclear whether the reference is spec. to the vulva of a sow). Compare classical Latin porcus female genitals (see portulaca n.) and perhaps compare also Italian porcile di Venere female genitals (1598 in an apparently isolated attestation in this sense). For instances of an apparently similar motivation for naming such molluscs, compare Venus-shell n. at Venus n.1 Compounds 2c, Cypraea n. However, other explanations (that also assume the ultimate derivation of porcellana cowrie < porco pig) have been offered. The word was apparently associated already in Italian and French with the name for plants of the genus Portulaca, which was homonymous with it (see purslane n.), and the two words probably continued to influence each other in English up to the 17th or 18th cent. (compare β forms and compare the β forms at purslane n.). However, it is uncertain whether these two words are ultimately related (see portulaca n.). (Derivation from Italian porcellana purslane (see purslane n.) has, however, been suggested as an alternative etymology of the present word.) With sense B. 1b compare earlier to point Percy at the porcelain at Percy n. 3. With porcelain blue adj. and n. at Compounds 1a compare china blue adj. and n. A. n. 1. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > materials α. c1530 in H. Ellis (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 242 iij. potts of Erthe payntid, callyd Porseland [? Porselana]. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 226 He had two vesselles made of the fine earth cauled Porcellana. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda i. xlix. 106 Sixe great Tynages of fine Earth, which they doe call Porcelanas, and the same is verye costlye. 1596 J. Harington sig. Bbvj Serued in as fine plate, and Porslin, as any is in the North. 1613 S. Purchas 524 They vse much the powder of a certaine herb called Chia, of which they put as much as a Walnut-shell may containe, into a dish of Porcelane, and drinke it with hot water. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1650 (1955) III. 3 Of Earth painted like Porcelain or China ware. 1727 A. Hamilton II. li. 239 We have the same Sort of Clay in several Parts of Great Britain, that Porcelline is made of, but we want the warm Sun to prepare it. 1756 T. Nugent II. 260 Porcelane or Dresden china. 1825 J. Bentham 303 The potteries of Wedgwood and Bentley have excelled the porcelain of China. 1845 C. A. Harris (ed. 2) vi. i. 541 A want of resemblance to the other teeth, in colour, transparency, and animation, was the great objection, that was urged against the porcelain. 1869 H. E. Roscoe (new ed.) xxiii. 269 It is employed as a green colour for painting on porcelain. 1907 (at cited word) The name properly belongs to the hard paste or natural porcelain, composed of Kaolin combined in China with Petuntse, elsewhere with some siliceous material; but it is also applied to soft paste or artificial porcelain, which is essentially a substance intermediate between glass and earthenware, and hybrid or mixed porcelain, which contains a certain amount of kaolin. 1940 B. Leach ii. 35 Porcelain differs from stoneware in that its white body becomes translucent when vitrified. 1965 119 251/1 One of the main criticisms levelled at dental porcelain is the liability to fracture under low impact stress. 1996 3 June 82 (advt.) Head, arms and legs handcrafted of fine bisque porcelain. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery > types of > supposed 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. E. de Sande in (new ed.) II. ii. 91 That earthen or pliable matter commonly called porcellan, which is pure white,..wherof vessels of all kinds are very curiously framed. 1615 F. Bacon Case Impeachm. Waste in (1859) VII. 528 If we had in England beds of porcelain, such as they have in China,—which porcelain is a kind of a plaster buried in the earth and by length of time congealed and glazed into that fine substance. 1658 E. Phillips Porcelane,..also the cream, or flowring on the top of a certain chalky earth, in China steeped in water, of which they make China dishes. the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility > fragile thing or person the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness > delicate or dainty thing 1640 R. Brome v. viii She is herself the purest piece of Purslane..that e're had liquid sweet meats lick'd out of it. 1773 J. Robertson (rev. ed.) 92 Woman has ever been defin'd The Porcelain Clay of Human Kind, And in that Porcelain, 'tis suppos'd, A Soul superior is inclos'd. 1821 Ld. Byron xi. 76 Thrice fortunate! who of that fragile mould, The precious porcelain of human clay, Break with the first fall. 1931 W. Faulkner xviii. 190 She grinned at him, her mouth warped over the rigid, placative porcelain of her grimace. 2003 (Nexis) 29 Sept. 25 ‘Lord Anthony’..is pure porcelain, a gorgeous, velvety song lifted softly by strings. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > a piece of porcelain α. 1579 J. Frampton tr. B. de Escalante ix. f. 24v They sel the Porcelanas which is the fine dishes made of whyte clay at the gates of the Citie. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. xxiii. 38/2 The Cups and earthen Pots..are called Porceleynes, whereof also the Earth hath her name. 1660 B. Gerbier sig. B2 Not expect trimmings in prancking houses, with a fect of Porcelyns. 1714 J. Macky I. iii. 34 In another Gallery..[is] a good Collection of Porcelaines, and other Curiosities. 1787 156 The unnecessary Porcelains of Worcester, or the ornamental Toys of Sheffield, Salisbury, and Birmingham. 1886 19 Aug. 14/1 Windsor is full of these precious porcelains, and they adorn all her residences. 1906 S. W. Bushell II. viii. 24 The Ting-chou and Tz'ŭ-chou porcelains. 1939 Dec. 29/1 The number of porcelains provided with XVIIIth Century French ormolu mounts. 1975 19 May 76/1 (advt.) Six extraordinary limited-edition porcelains. 1994 J. E. Conklin iv. 131 [He] confessed to stealing eighty-one Asian porcelains, snuff boxes, and other pieces from the museum. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 104 In the kingdomes of Caiacan and Carazan, certaine sea shels are currant, which some men terme Porcelline. 1763 R. Brookes III. xxxvii. 311 The porcelain is a simple shell, consisting of one piece. 1797 V. 129/1 In many places shells are current for coins; particularly a small white kind..called in the Indies cowries, or coris, on the coast of Africa bouges, in America porcelaines. 1848 S. V. Wood I. 15 ‘Pig’ is the common name of these shells upon the coast. In Italy they are called Porcelli; and Porcelain, the common name of cowries, is taken from the fancied resemblance of these shells to pigs. 1868 tr. L. Figuier xiv. 419 Porcelains are found at a little distance from the shore, generally in the clefts of the rocky bottoms; but sometimes they bury themselves in the sand. 1875 W. S. Jevons iv. 24 Cowry shells, which, under one name or another—chamgos, zimbis, bouges, porcelanes, &c.—have long been used. 1986 J. Hogendorn & M. Johnson (2003) i. 15 They [sc. cowries] were still known as ‘porcelains’ in eighteenth-century Marseilles. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > shells c1665 P. E. Radisson (1885) 49 We mett severall gangs of men to our greatest disadvantage, ffor we weare forced to sing, and those that came to see us gave porcelaine to those that most did us injury. 1709 J. Lawson 191 The Hair of their Heads is made into a long Roll like a Horses Tail, and bound round with Ronoak or Porcelain, which is a sort of Beads they make of Conk-Shells. 1760 T. Jefferys I. 51 She is first to present him with a collar of porcelain, or sea-shells. 1882 C. P. Otis tr. S. de Champlain III. vii. 150 The Algonquins, who for securing peace had given the Atignouaatians fifty necklaces of porcelain and some branches of the same. 1899 tr. in LII. cxxv. ix. 257 She left..the most beautiful collar she had. It was composed of six thousand beads of almost wholly black porcelain, which is precious among the Savages. 1956 3 21 The tubular beads which were designated wampum, seawan or porcelain..in the..colonies of the eastern coast of North America, were known to and in use by most tribes of the area before contact. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of 1855 3 9/1 Those pretty spangled Toys..known by various names, as Porcelains, Hyacinths, Ermines, &c. 1876 in R. Fulton xxv. 348 Porcelains..are closely allied to Suabians... These birds are of a nice rich brown.., the under parts being of an ashen tint. 1914 W. A. Lippincott ii. 79 Pigeons... Those in which color markings alone are distinguishing characteristics..include..Porcelains, [etc.]. 1945 W. M. Levi 60/1 English literature describes the Hyacinth, the Victoria,..and the Porcelain, treating them as consanguineous varieties. B. adj. 1. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain 1598 J. Florio Porcellan dishes. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes ii. iv. 150 in II In porc'lane dishes There were some hope. 1682 G. Wheler iii. 216 The Walls cased with Porcelane Tiles. 1759 S. Johnson I. iv. 29 A maid, who had broken a porcelain cup. 1783 J. Wedgwood in (Royal Soc.) 72 317 By a very strong fire, they are changed to a porcelain or semi-vitreous texture. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange II. 312 Bring the porcelain tube to a red heat. 1865 10 Feb. 14/2 (advt.) One [room] fitted in a superior manner with porcelain bath and washstand. 1877 W. Jones 8 The porcelain finger-rings of ancient Egypt are extremely beautiful. 1907 G. M. Norman i. i. 1 A small quantity of white anhydrous copper sulphate (obtained by heating the powdered salt in a porcelain dish over a small flame until quite white). 1976 19 Nov. 22/5 A smaller six-inch stuffed doll with porcelain head realised £92. 1994 (Nexis) 16 Feb. d4 A white porcelain oven with pink painted roses is full of cracks. 2001 Autumn 64/1 The ‘blue fruit’ is a copy of a Derby porcelain plate dating from 1825. 1978 31 Dec. c1 One whiff of dorm food sent me flying to the porcelain goddess once again. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. 113/2 Be able to announce to your friends that you capped a romantic evening by vomiting. Using the accepted jargon. Which is extensive... Drive the porcelain bus... Kiss the porcelain god. 1988 24 Dec. (Mag.) 10/3 To be sick..is ‘praying to the porcelain goddess’. 1997 (Nexis) 31 Mar. c5 The women custodians do it..with toiletries, potpourri, plants and pictures..which hang in the stalls behind several of the porcelain gods. 2005 (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Suppl.) i.9 John spikes the drink of Claire's arrogant nightmare of a boyfriend, Sack... While Sack spends the night driving the porcelain bus, John [etc.]. the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] > over-refined a1643 W. Cartwright In Mem. Beniamin Iohnson in sig. F4 Though those thy thoughts, which the now queasie age, Doth count but Clods,..Will come up Porcelane wit some hundreds hence. 1870 H. Smart i. 3 The dispensary ball, at which the porcelain portion of the community danced. 1884 A. Birrell 183 China creeds and delicate porcelain opinions. 1936 M. Allingham viii. 132 An almost porcelain hardness in her face. 1979 D. Eden xv. 170 His tumbled curls and his porcelain skin. 1991 Summer 63 One of those exceptional actresses who combine formidable inner strength with an almost porcelain fragility. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. 1703 tr. H. van Oosten ii. xxxviii. 91 The Hyacinth that is handsom, must have a clear Porcelin, or China Blew, or near white Colour. 1882 4 Nov. 396/1 Pretty porcelain-blue blossoms. 1979 30/1 Dewhurst Sylko Perle..Jasmine..Porcelain Blue..Purple. 2004 (Nexis) 27 Mar. e3 Waltzing couples, the women in shades of porcelain blue, lemon yellow, pink and gold. 1794 R. Kirwan (ed. 2) I. 2nd App. 436 All fused earthy substances present either a porcelain grain, always glazed if the fusion extended to even one half of the whole, or conchoidal and glazed if it extended farther. 1811 J. Pinkerton II. xii. vii. 286 In this heat, many stones of the argillaceous genus..alter their colour, become porous, assume a porcelain grain, and consequently begin to vitrify. 1878 T. Kentish 188 (table) Charcoal. Coke grains. Porcelain grains. 1992 Extraction (Part ii) in alt.drugs (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Feb. Also useful: acid/base indicator paper, boiling chips (porcelain grains) and activated charcoal. 2009 S. Newcomb x. 142/1 Kirwan found most stones called ‘basalt’ lacked what he considered marks of fusion, the porcelain grain and glazing, and some air bubbles. 1638 T. Herbert (rev. ed.) 37 The Bannians..sell Callicoes, Chena-satten, Purcellan ware. 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer II. App. 61 In Fisen they have a certain white clay, of which they make all sorts of Porcellane-ware. 1882 10 No. 5. 310/1 Speaking of porcelain ware.., it is absolutely necessary to distinguish the kinds called Chʽái porcelain.., Ü porcelain.., Government porcelain.., Ko porcelain. 1995 M. Lewis 100/2 Two excellent craft shops..both specializing in ceramic elephants, dragon pots, porcelain ware, rattan and bamboo products. b. Objective, parasynthetic, etc. (a) 1801 12 579 The porcelain-makers of Paris..saunter in ungaining idleness. 1994 Nov. 39/2 The willingness of the Russian porcelain makers to copy established foreign styles. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > English porcelain 1770 D. Pincot iii. 68 A brilliant colour in the finer branches of porcelain-making is reckoned one principal requisite. 1903 7 Jan. 3/2 An art, so many-sided in its efforts,..as English porcelain-making. 2004 (Nexis) 25 Apr. n1 Her 300 pieces trace the 300-year history of porcelain making in Europe that began in 1709. (b) 1881 21 76/1 A blonde beauty, of the delicate, porcelain-tinted type. 1994 B. Antoni (1997) 72 She stretches out her arms, long and porcelain tinted. 1848 9 Sept. 184/2 Thin, wiry, rat-gnawed beards,..and ever and anon with porcelain-white, dead whiting, staring, but cunning eyes. 1899 29 June 6/7 A cameo..wrought in a beautiful porcelain-white upper stratum of a sardonyx. 1995 May 143 (heading) Made from the milk of water buffalo, porcelain-white mozzarella di bufala has been enjoyed in southern Italy for centuries. C2. 1832 8 Feb. 3/3 I was to supervise the porcelain cement, the road making, and keeping the books. 1889 20 25 (advt.) The Porcelain Cement No. 2 is highly recommended for cementing crowns and bridge work to place. 2003 (Nexis) 9 Sept. 4 Another reader said he recommends white porcelain cement. 1853 A. Ure (ed. 4) II. 913 In purifying the cobalt for porcelain colours, the removal of the whole of the arsenic is of less consequence than that of the iron. 1999 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 43 In wet enamel, porcelain color stability seems to be better over a range of firing temperatures. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > miscellaneous or unspecified types of crab 1854 15 July 508/2 A Porcelain crab, or Hairy Broadclaw..is a crab with..fringed swimming plates..large foot-jaws, and antennae longer than the body. 1949 C. M. Yonge xi. 155 Under stones where there is mud lives the hairy porcelain crab, Porcellana platycheles... A smaller species, P. longicornis, the minute porcelain crab, lives..always clear of mud. 2003 (Nexis) 7 July 3 e Two species of porcelain crab are native to the cold waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery > types of > supposed 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iii. 209 They haue such abundance of porcellan earth. 1767 W. Harte Macarius in 217 True Fame, like porc'lain earth, for years must lay Bury'd, and mix'd with elemental clay. 1849 H. D. Thoreau 155 It comes to us as refined as the porcelain earth which subsides to the bottom of the ocean. 1922 Sept. 151/1 In the local porcelain earth the Ting Chou potter had at hand the material which answered all his requirements. 1985 (Nexis) 6 Mar. Ireland has had a long ceramic history, primarily because of the island's abundance of porcelain earth and potter's clay. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > other clays 1794 R. Kirwan (ed. 2) I. 313 Porcellanite, Porcelain Jasper, of Werner. 1888 July 47 It occurs in a ferruginous porcelain jasper, in veins from half an inch to four inches in thickness. 1938 F. D. Adams (1954) vii. 225 The porcelain-jasper often displayed the impressions of plants, owing..to the fact that it was really a shale indurated and altered by the action of heat. 2003 D. A. Young ii. 27 Werner also discussed pseudo-volcanic rocks such as earth slag, porcelain jasper, and half burned clays. society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > kiln > [noun] > pottery kilns 1848 29 Apr. 251/2 It becomes very white in the porcelain kiln, and is tolerably well adapted to the manufacture of Liverpool or delf ware. 1893 E. A. Barber 258 It is fired in biscuit at a low temperature, in the second story of the porcelain-kiln. 2002 (Nexis) 17 Nov. k7 Porcelain is fired in a porcelain kiln at a higher temperature than ceramic. 1892 June 182/2 A bewitching figure..completely covered with delicate porcelain lace and flowers from her beautiful shoulders to the tips of her tiny feet. 1964 R. L. Charles iii. 27 Porcelain lace (a degenerate form of decoration) was made by the use of real lace dipped into liquid porcelain clay, or slip. The real lace disappeared in the firing. 2001 (Nexis) 26 Sept. Connie Chancellor..shared with onlookers how the porcelain lace was made out of regular lace covered in porcelain that had been fired. 1848 22 July 352/1 M. Edeleman produced in this way by evaporating and heating a solution of magnesia and alumina in boracic acid in a porcelain oven, several minerals. 1890 26 Mar. Oxide of chromium is also a beautiful green color, which is, however, destructible under the heat of a porcelain oven. 1902 7 May 8/2 Dr. A. O. Hunt, dean of the Omaha dental college..will speak in clinics on ‘Porcelain Specialties’. A new porcelain oven will be demonstrated. 1981 (Nexis) 19 Jan. 57 Entering the fireplace market posed little risk. ‘We already had the porcelain ovens and the metal-shaping facilities, so it wouldn't cost us much,’ says Thomas. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > coated papers 1829 10 Feb. 263/1 In addition to the preparation of the ‘Porcelain paper and card’, Messrs. De La Rue and Co. have commenced the business of printers' card makers. 1843 Nov. 483/1 A sumptuous edition of the New Testament printed in gold on porcelain paper of most immaculate beauty. 1914 E. A. Dawe 129 Porcelain paper, thick transparent paper of the nature of celluloid, made of well-beaten pulp. Used for Christmas cards and similar work. 1962 F. T. Day 119/1 Porcelain papers, bulky variety of glazed, imitation parchment, similar to celluloid. 2002 K. Townsend 61 ̊̊Garbage mountain porcelain paper carved with skiers and snow. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 88 The third [dye or colour] is ordinarily made of the purple & porcellane shel-fishes. 1677 R. Plot 111 It must needs extravagantly exceed the biggest Nautilus or Porcellane-shell, both in latitude and number of turns. 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon IV. ix. 280 For pins and other trifles they will exchange parrots, Porcelain shells, ambergris, &c. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat xii. 385 Cowries, tiny porcelain-shells, still have monetary value in Africa. 1844 J. D. Dana (ed. 2) 530 Porcelain Spar... Cleavage diagonal, rather imperfect. the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > tooth 1816 13 Apr. 107/1 The persons who were entitled to the exclusive privilege of fabricating and setting the real porcelain or ‘mineral paste’ teeth, rendered a very great and essential good to many persons. 1839 C. A. Harris xix. 313 The manufacture of porcelain teeth, did not for a long time promise to be of much advantage to dentistry. 1976 R. M. Basker et al. vi. 56 If the patient's masticatory habits have been responsible for an excessive amount of wear in a short period of time, porcelain teeth must be used if the succeeding dentures are to be serviceable for an adequate period. 2004 (Nexis) 28 Apr. 41 When I started..porcelain teeth accounted for about 90 per cent of all dentures. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building > type of 1666 (Royal Soc.) 1 250 The Structure and Antiquity of their [sc. the Chinese] Wall; of the Magnificence of their Porcelain Tower &c. 1752 T. Salmon I. ii. 8/2 The grandest of all the Chinese Buildings is the Porcelain Tower, which stands before one of the Gates of Nankin. 1842 26 Nov. 5/2 We could see at a distance the inhabited part of the city and the famous porcelain tower; which, however, is porcelain in nothing but the tiles with which it is faced. 1998 (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Life & Arts section) 2 The seven wonders of the Middle Ages are the Roman Colosseum, catacombs of Alexandria, Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, Leaning Tower of Pisa, porcelain tower of Nanking and the mosque of Hagia Sophia. Derivatives society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > maker of specific type of pottery 1868 G. A. Sala xiii. 159 The proficient ‘porcelainist’ is in England an exotic, an importation, rich and rare. 1895 2 Mar. 287/3 Signatures of potters and European (not Asiatic) porcelainists. 2003 (Nexis) 15 Jan. e6 Enid Legros-Wise, ceramicist, porcelainist and sculptor, showing until Jan. 26. 1883 (new ed.) Porcelainite, an opaque brittle variety of jasper; porcelain-jasper. 1890 Porcelainite, a trade-name of certain kinds of fine white stoneware, jasperware, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.adj.c1530 |