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China clay
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kaolin
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Word definitions for kaolin in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For every tonne of kaolin there are 6 tonnes of sand, 1 tonne of secondary mica and 1 tonne of overburden. ▪ For example, it will work with kaolin and woven fabrics. ▪ I prescribed a kaolin antacid mixture to be given night and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog .] A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: china clay , china stone , kaoline , porcelain clay , terra alba ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"china clay," 1727, from French kaolin (1712), from Chinese Kao-ling , old-style transliteration of the name of a mountain in Jiangxi, China (near which it was originally dug up), from Chinese gao "high" + ling "mountain, hill."
Usage examples of kaolin.
I prescribed a kaolin antacid mixture to be given night and morning and left the house in a confident frame of mind.
Several men sat pounding kaolin clay rock to make caulking paste for the boats.
The attendant on the east side of the rug having completed his twelve sticks, painted them white with kaolin finely ground and mixed with water.
Mines of great value exist in the Ural, Obdorsk and Altai mountains, which produce gold, copper, iron, silver, platinum, rock-salt, marble and kaolin or china clay.
Then Marat asked Simonne to fetch some more kaolin solution for the water.
Only a hard paste, or kaolin ware, is acknowledged by experts to be genuine porcelain.
By putting the kaolin and the petuntse together in the right proportions, moulding the clay, and afterward applying to it a glaze of some sort the Chinese made their porcelain, and very beautiful porcelain it was.
The name was taken from the Chinese mountain of Kailing, where the first kaolin, or decomposed feldspar, was found.
Certainly there were a great many activities available for everyone, what with laying out the irrigation system and collecting the kaolin and the materials for ore extraction and so on.
That is because the kaolin, the clay in this one, is so pure, so rare, so magnificent, that it requires nothing else.
To pamper herself, she mixed up a toning face pack of elder flowers, yogurt and kaolin powder, lounging in the tub with harp music and iced juice while it worked its magic.
Anyway, I'm just a cheap quarter-sized reddish-orange golem, imprinted off the gray he captured at Kaolin Manor on Tuesday.
For years Aeneas Kaolin nagged Father to work on one of the hardest questions in soulistics -- the non-homologous imprinting problem.
Different vats contained different grades of clay, ranging from common red clay to fine white kaolin, resembling enormous mugs abrim with liquid chocolate or heavy cream.
After scraping, the hide was soaked in ammonia, then washed with saponifying roots that made a soapy lather, then softened with the brain mixture and burnished with powdered kaolin, a fine white clay mixed in very pure tallow.