Porcelain

  • 21porcelain — [16] The bizarre history of the word porcelain leads us back to a pig’s vagina. It was originally applied to fine china in Italian, as porcellana. This meant literally ‘cowrie shell’, and was used for the china in allusion to its shelllike sheen …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22porcelain — porcelianas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. porcelain vok. Porzellan, n rus. фарфор, m pranc. porcelaine, f …

    Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • 23porcelain — porcelianas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Iš kaolino (50%), kvarco (25%) ir feldšpatų (25%) mišinio išdegta sukepusi neporinga, balta, peršviečiama keramika. atitikmenys: angl. china; porcelain rus. фарфор …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 24porcelain — [16] The bizarre history of the word porcelain leads us back to a pig’s vagina. It was originally applied to fine china in Italian, as porcellana. This meant literally ‘cowrie shell’, and was used for the china in allusion to its shelllike sheen …

    Word origins

  • 25Porcelain Black — Fichier:Porcelain Black.jpg Porcelain Black en 2011 Surnom Porcelain Black Porcelain and the Tramps Nom Alaina Marie Beaton Naissance 1er  …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 26Porcelain clay — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Porcelain crab — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Porcelain jasper — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Porcelain printing — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30Porcelain shell — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English