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A hole in the wall of a pottery kiln, by which the state of the pieces within can be judged.

The dotterel.

A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.

Finicky or pottering work; specif. (Fine Arts),

s, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

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.

ly occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.

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

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

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

purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.

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

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 pro…

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

A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy. Interest policy, a policy that shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter insured. -- Open policy, one in which the value of the goods or property insured is not mentioned. -- Poli…

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.