porcelain
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porcelain englanniksi
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
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(syn of): porcelain tableware.
(c.), letter in ''Original Letters Illustrative of English History'', Vol. II, p. 242:
(syn of): the of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
{{quote-book|en|year=1599|translator=Richard Hakluyt|author=E. de Sande|title=The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation|edition=2nd|volume=II|page=91
An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1601|translator=Robert Johnson|author=Giovanni Botero|title=The Trauellers Breuiat, or, An Historicall Description of the Most Famous Kingdomes in the World|page=104
(syn of): strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
{{quote-book|en|year=c. 1665|author=Pierre Esprit de Radisson|title=Voyages|edition=1885|page=49
{{quote-journal|en|year=1855|journal=The Poultry Chronicle|issue=3|page=9
To coat with a porcelain enamel.