PORCELAIN

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PORCELAIN , the name of that

kind

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
as is seen in " kin," supra)

of ceramic

ware

WARE

which is characterized by a translucent

body

BODY

, also loosely used for the finer kinds of

ware

WARE

generally, popularly known as "

china

CHINA

" (see

CERAMICS

CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

). The

French

FRENCH
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
_1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
(1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

porcelaine, from which the word comes into

English

ENGLISH

, is an

adaptation

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

of the Italian porcellana, a cowrie-shell, the beautifully polished surface of which caused the name to be applied to the ware. The Italian word is generally taken to be from porcella, diminutive of porco, pig, from a sup-posed resemblance of the shell to a pig's back.

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