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petit feu
[ French puh-tee-fœ ]
noun
, Ceramics.
- a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- the category of ceramic colors fired in a muffle kiln at low temperature.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of petit feu1
< French: literally, small fire
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Example Sentences
The decoration was often fixed in the "petit feu," or muffle kiln.
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Pre Labat describes Viande boucanne to be, Viande sech a petit feu et a la fume.
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More delicate enamel colours were applied for firing in the "petit feu" or muffle kiln.
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Et ce qu'on ne croiroit pas, ils sont tres-chaudement leans dedans petit feu, voire aux plus grandes rigueurs de l'Hiuer.
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