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1. aceramic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1961
...Of a culture, esp. an early Neolithic culture: lacking pottery. Also: of or relating to such a culture. Also occas. as (with the)....
2. agateware in agate, n. View full entry 1817
...a kind of striped or variegated pottery made to resemble agate, usually by mixing coloured clays together;enamelled ironware or steel ware for household utensils (now rare)....
3. alquifou, n. View full entry 1756
...Galena (lead ore) used as the basis of a green pottery glaze, esp. in Spain and France; potter's ore....
4. apyrous, adj. View full entry 1783
...Not altered by exposure to fire....
5. arcanist, n. View full entry 1905
...Used spec. of a person who has knowledge of a secret process of manufacture, esp. of the manufacture of porcelain....
6. argus-shell in Argus, n. View full entry 1750
...name of a species of porcelain-shell....
7. Arita, n. View full entry 1879
...The name of a town on the island of Kyushu, south-west of Japan, used attrib. to designate a variety of porcelain made in the neighbourhood since the early seventeenth century,...
8. Arretine, adj. View full entry 1782
...Of or pertaining to Arretium (modern Arezzo), an ancient city of central Italy; spec. designating fine red pottery made at Arretium and elsewhere from 100b.c. until the...
9. artificial porcelain in artificial, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...a type of porcelain made by adding glass or frit to the clay paste (also called frit porcelain, soft porcelain, or soft-paste porcelain); cf. natural...
10. Astbury, n. View full entry 1904
...Used (esp. attrib.) to designate a type of Staffordshire pottery; also in Astbury-Whieldon (see quot. 1929)....
11. aventurine glaze in aventurine | aventurin, n. View full entry
...a glaze for porcelain which produces a similar gold-spangled brown colour....
12. bake, v. View full entry a1425
...in a (brick) kiln....
13. baking, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of the verb bake; the process of preparing bread; the hardening or ‘firing’ of earthenware. Also spec. in Typogr. (see quot.). Cf. baked...
14. baller, n.1 View full entry 1825
...A worker who shapes clay into balls for making pottery. Now chiefly hist....
15. bamboo, n. View full entry 1787
...Cane-coloured porcelain biscuit, invented by Wedgwood. Also bamboo ware....
16. band ceramic in band, n.2 View full entry
...(see Bandkeramik)....
17. Bandkeramik, n. View full entry 1921
...A type of neolithic pottery with banded decoration. Also attrib....
18. bank, n.2 View full entry 1880
...A pottery. Cf. pot-bankpot2....
19. barbotine, n. View full entry 1865
...A thin creamy mixture of kaolin clay used to ornament pottery; pottery ornamented with barbotine. Also attrib....
20. basalt, n. View full entry 1832
...A black porcelain invented by Wedgwood....
