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true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse. French, pâte dure. Cf. soft paste.[1840-50]
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hard-paste — hardˈ paste adjective (of porcelain) made of china clay and altered granite • • • Main Entry: ↑hard * * * adj. denoting true porcelain made of fusible and infusible materials (usually kaolin and china stone) fired at a high temperature. Developed … Useful english dictionary
hard paste — noun 1. : a ceramic body consisting of kaolin together with china stone or with feldspar and flint 2. or hard paste porcelain : true high fired porcelain made with a hard paste body compare soft paste * * * true porcelain, made with kaolin,… … Useful english dictionary
Hard-paste porcelain — url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/38634 popup.html title= Porcelain dish work=Ceramics accessdate= 2007 12 06] Victoria and Albert Museum, London] Hard paste porcelain is a hard ceramic that was originally made from a compound of the… … Wikipedia
hard-paste porcelain — noun see hard paste 2 * * * hard paste porcelain «HAHRD PAYST», a translucent, glasslike porcelain requiring firing at a high temperature, made from kaolin and petuntse … Useful english dictionary
hard-paste — adjective denoting true porcelain made of fusible and infusible materials (usually kaolin and china stone) fired at a high temperature … English new terms dictionary
hard-paste porcelain — noun Date: circa 1931 porcelain 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… … Useful english dictionary
paste — [pāst] n. [ME past < OFr paste < LL pasta < Gr pastē, mess of barley porridge < passein, to sprinkle] 1. a) dough used in making rich pastry b) PASTA 2. any of various soft, moist, smooth textured substances [toothpaste] … English World dictionary
paste — ► NOUN 1) a thick, soft, moist substance. 2) an adhesive made from water and starch, used especially for sticking paper. 3) a hard glassy substance used in making imitation gems. 4) a mixture of kaolin and water, used for making porcelain. ► VERB … English terms dictionary
paste — /payst/, n., v., pasted, pasting. n. 1. a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something. 2. any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation. 3. dough, esp. when… … Universalium
