| 单词 | white clay |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite clay white clay n. kaolin or other whitish or light-coloured clay used for making earthenware or porcelain. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery > types of white claya1387 bottle clay1686 porcelain clay1690 blue clay1698 tasco1726 kaolin1728 capital1738 unaker1744 saggar1786 ball clay1811 Cornish clay1829 china-clay1840 Poole clay1875 bleaching-clay1881 pâte1890 virgin clay1891 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 17 White cley [L. argilla alba] and reed forto make of crokkes and stenes and oþer vessel. 1579 J. Frampton tr. B. de Escalante Disc. Nauigation ix. f. 24v They sel the Porcelanas which is the fine dishes made of whyte clay at the gates of the Citie. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 122 White-clay, so called it seems though of a blewish colour, and used for making yellow-colour'd ware. 1852 in Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1933) 43 373 Mr Nichols..has in contemplation the purchase of a tract of land containing a mine of white or China Clay. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 17 Feb. 56/1 Antique doll attire, crystal glassware, small figures of unfired white clay. < as lemmas |
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