faience
(noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faience (countable and uncountable, plural faiences)
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.
(archaeology) The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.)
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Source: Wiktionary
Fa`ĂŻ*ence", n. Etym: [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]
Definition: Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
