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Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

hey stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

try, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. Potter.

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

The spotted redshank.

An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.

A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland.

The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson.

A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.

Broth or pottage. [Obs.] Let them of their Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall.

Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used. [Scot.]

Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

ing a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

(Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto. -- Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary. -- Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow. -- Bush hog (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochoerus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog. -- Bush master…