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Porcelain manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.
Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.
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A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.
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Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
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Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
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The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
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Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.
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A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.
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That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.
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The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
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An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
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Alt. of Porcellanous
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A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
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Porcelaneous.
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Alt. of Porcellaneous
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A shallow seggar for porcelain.
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Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
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A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
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A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
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A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
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