PORCELAINS

Noun

porcelains

plural of porcelain

Anagrams

• proscaline

Source: Wiktionary

PORCELAIN

Por"ce*lain, n. (Bot.)

Definition: Purslain. [Obs.]

Por"ce*lain (277), n. Etym: [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypræa porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was believed to be made from it. See Pork.]

Definition: A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware. Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. Dryden. Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.

– Porcelain clay. See under Clay.

– Porcelain crab (Zoöl.), any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ). They have a smooth, polished carapace.

– Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite.

– Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain.

– Porcelain shell (Zoöl.), a cowry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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