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Faience

A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.

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noun

1
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.
2
The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.)

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stanniferous	Containing or producing the metal tin.
flintwarenoun	A superior kind of earthenware made with flint.
majolicanoun	Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s).
figulinenoun	(of clay) Suitable for making pottery; fictile.
flint glassnoun	A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware and in optical instruments.
yellowwarenoun	A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.
porcelainnoun	(usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
fengitenoun	(mineralogy) A transparent form of marble or alabaster, formerly sometimes used for windows.
zelligenoun	(architecture) A form of terracotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster, characteristic of Moroccan architecture.
enamelwarenoun	Cooking utensils that have a corrosion resistant layer of enamel fused to the surface
earthenwarenoun	(ceramics, often attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
granitewarenoun	Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite.
stone pastenoun	Fritware.
fritnoun	A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
enamelnoun	The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
felstonenoun	(mineralogy, archaic) Felsite.
ironstonenoun	A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
frettnoun	A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
stone-pastenoun	A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
rustic warenoun	A form of terracotta of a light-brown paste, having a brown glaze.