单词 | biscuit firing |
释义 | > as lemmasbiscuit firing biscuit firing n. Ceramics the action of firing pottery so as to harden the clay permanently, esp. before it is glazed and fired for a second time; the state produced by this process; cf. biscuiting n. at Derivatives, bisque firing n. at bisque n.3 and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1834 Factories Inq. Comm.: Suppl. Rep. Employm. Children in Factories ii. B.1.145 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 167) XX. 1 The ware in its first state, called biscuit-firing. 1896 Brit. Architect 6 Mar. 175/2 The second fire..is much harder than the biscuit firing given to earthenware bodies. 2002 C. Pollard Master Potter of Meiji Japan 82/1 He was also obliged to enlarge one chamber of his largest kiln for the biscuit firing of the pieces. < as lemmas |
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