redware

redware
redware1
/red"wair'/, n.
an early American earthenware made from red clay.
[1790-1800; RED1 + WARE1]
redware2
/red"wair'/, n.
a large brown seaweed, Laminaria digitata, common off northern Atlantic coasts.
[1700-10; RED1 + dial. ware (ME; OE war seaweed; see WIRE)]

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