AGATEWARE

agateware

(noun) pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

agateware (usually uncountable, plural agatewares)

Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, supposed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 July 2024

CIRCULATE

(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; “Blood circulates in my veins”; “The air here does not circulate”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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