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hina 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 genu…

; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.

A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.

Porcelaneous. Ure.

bule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog. "Porcine cheeks." G. Eliot.

species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species. Porcupine ant-eater (Zoöl.), the echidna. -- Porcupine crab (Zoöl.), a large spiny Japanese…

See Reënforce. [Obs.] Bailey.

To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]

Concrete having within its mass a system of strengthening iron or steel supports. = Ferro-concrete.

The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced.

See Reënforce, v. t.

See Reënforcement.

A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthaleïn, fluoresceïn, and eosin.

Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.

Barter. [Obs.] See Scorse.

heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. Summer drouth or singed air never scorch thy tresses fair. Milton.

Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.

Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.