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Ceramic

noun

An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures.

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"Ceramic" Quotes from Famous Books

... of pottery from this mound is of much interest. There is but one entire vessel, but the fragments are so plentiful and well preserved that many interesting forms can be restored, and a very good idea of the ceramic work of ...

— Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 • William H. Holmes

... Phocaeans who had founded it, and to whom the Cannebiere was a rope-walk, where they made the sheets for their ships.... And one thought of Lazarus, who had been raised from among the silent dead and who had come there, so legend read, a gray figure in ceramic garments, standing in the ...

— The Wind Bloweth • Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

... less heed still to their ultimate welfare. He neglected his estate from every point of view, except the one of raising mortgages upon it so that he might have the wherewithal to add to his store of ceramic treasures. He lived luxuriously, employing a high-priced chef and soft-footed, well-trained servants to see to his comfort, because anything short of perfection grated on his artistic sensibilities. And when an intrusive influenza germ ...

— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler

... corridor eight feet wide and two hundred and sixty-five feet long, intersects the centre of each story. All the vestibules, corridors and passages are paved with ceramic square blocks ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... for sections of the flue in cold areas. All outside vents, except for short extensions, must be insulated to avoid condensation in the flue. Several types of prefabricated chimneys are available providing double-walled or insulated pipe, some with ceramic and others ...

— Installation and Operation Instructions For Custom Mark III CP Series Oil Fired Unit • Anonymous

... industries of the Dutch and also tell of the influence that Dutch art has long received from Holland's East Indian possessions. These tile panels are very decorative. To us, out here, they suggest artistic ceramic possibilities for architectural purposes of which we have taken little advantage. Considering the fact that we have quantities of good clay and that so much original good decorative design is lying idle, this inactivity ...

— The Art of the Exposition • Eugen Neuhaus

... was to return home to Athens with the troops, immediately set sail for Samos; and from that island, taking twenty of the ships, he sailed to the Ceramic Gulf of Caria, where he collected a hundred talents, and ...

— Hellenica • Xenophon

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