单词 | porcellaneous |
释义 | porcellaneousadj. Of the nature of or resembling porcelain; spec. translucent, hard, and pale in colour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > of the nature of or resembling porcellaneous1788 porcellanous1814 porcelainous1825 porcelainic1839 porcellanaceous1850 porcellanic1930 1788 G. von Engestrom tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. towards Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. Contents p. xxxiii Porcellaneous Earth. 1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 316 Of the porcellaneous shells, various species of Voluta, Cypræa, and others of a similar nature, were examined. 1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 210 The heat was sufficient to partly or wholly fuse the shales.., giving them a semi-vitreous or porcelaneous texture. 1880 Archaeologia 46 79 From the twenty-fifth century b.c.to the ninth century b.c., an opaque or porcellaneous glass..was pretty extensively manufactured. 1972 Trans. Oriental Ceramics Soc. 63 A rhyton of white porcellaneous ware,..covered with a faintly green-tinged feldspathic glaze. 1984 Jrnl. Sedimentary Petrol. 54 159 Recrystallization of the porcelaneous cement with further burial would result in a chert-cemented sandstone. 1995 E. W. Knight-Jones et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe vi. 262/1 Bristle worms... Tube opaque, porcellaneous or chalky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1788 |
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