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Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief.

A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.

Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [R.] F. Potter.

Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

tened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

Art or process of decorating pottery with photographically prepared designs. -- Pho`to*ce*ram"ic (#), a.

c clay (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell. -- Plastic element (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form. -- Plastic exudation (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the pr…

To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]

Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.

The act of carrying past or beyond. [R.] Abp. Potter.

A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter.

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle. Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.

To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

king and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

, and administrative skill rather than by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.

A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

ace; -- used esp. in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustered pottery such as majolica; as, silver reflet; gold reflet.