biscuit-fired

biscuit-fired
/bis"kit fuyeurd'/, adj.
(of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • biscuit-fired — /bis kit fuyeurd /, adj. (of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body …   Useful english dictionary

  • Biscuit (disambiguation) — Biscuit, literally meaning twice baked, typically refers to various baked goods from different countries.Biscuit as a food may refer to:*Biscuit, in North America, a small, round, soft, moist, and cake shaped piece of quick bread *Cookie, a small …   Wikipedia

  • biscuit — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake. 2) N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 3) porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. ● take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) Cf. ↑take the cake …   English terms dictionary

  • biscuit — noun 1》 Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake.     ↘N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 2》 porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. 3》 a light brown colour. 4》 Carpentry a small flat piece of wood used to… …   English new terms dictionary

  • biscuit — n. & adj. n. 1 Brit. a small unleavened cake, usu. flat and crisp and often sweet. 2 fired unglazed pottery. 3 a light brown colour. adj. biscuit coloured. Etymology: ME f. OF bescoit etc. ult. f. L bis twice + coctus past part. of coquere cook …   Useful english dictionary

  • biscuit — A term associated with the firing of porcelain, and applied to the fired article before glazing. May be any stage after the fluxes have flowed enough to provide rigidity to the structure up to the stage where shrinkage is complete. Referred to as …   Medical dictionary

  • biscuit —    Clay that has been fired once but not glazed. In this sense, also called bisque …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • King Biscuit Boy — was the stage name of Richard Alfred Newell (9 March 1944 Hamilton, Ontario 5 January 2003, Hamilton, Ontario) a Canadian blues musician.CareerNewell played guitar and sang, but was most noted for his harmonica playing. His stage name was taken… …   Wikipedia

  • porcelain — porcelaneous, porcellaneous /pawr seuh lay nee euhs, pohr /, adj. /pawr seuh lin, pohr ; pawrs lin, pohrs /, n. 1. a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high… …   Universalium

  • Бисквит (фарфор) — Фигурка из фарфора «бисквит» из коллекции Музея и художественной галереи Дерби См. также: бисквит Бисквит (Bisque, biscuit …   Википедия

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”