porcelain

porcelain englannista suomeksi

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porcelain englanniksi

1. A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of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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2. (quote-book)|page=136|text=Any power rail needs to be well insulated from earth, to minimise current leakage, and so the ''two'' power rails on the Underground sit on curiously genteel and antique-looking porcelain pots.

3. (syn of): porcelain tableware.

4. (c.), letter in ''Original Letters Illustrative of English History'', Vol. II, p. 242:

iij. potts of Erthe payntid, callyd Porseland.

5. (syn of): the of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.

6. {{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

7. An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.

8. (syn of).

9. {{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

10. (syn of): strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.

11. {{quote-book|en|year=c. 1665|author=Pierre Esprit de Radisson|title=Voyages|edition=1885|page=49

12. A of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

13. {{quote-journal|en|year=1855|journal=The Poultry Chronicle|issue=3|page=9

14. To coat with a porcelain enamel.