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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Porcelain

/pôr'-səl-ən/ · Por·ce·lain · IPA /ˈpɔɹsəlɪn/
01 n. Purslain.
  1. 1.
    Purslain.(Bot.) [Obs.]
02 n. A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called als…
  1. 1.
    A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware. Also: China, China ware
    “Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Ivory porcelain — porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See Depolishing.
Porcelain clay — See under Clay.
Porcelain crab — any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ). They have a smooth, polished carapace.
Porcelain jasper — See Porcelanite.
Porcelain printing — the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain.
Porcelain shell — a cowry.