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Arretine ware

[ ar-uh-tahyn, -teen ]
/ ˈær əˌtaɪn, -ˌtin /
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noun
a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.
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Also called terra sigillata.

Origin of Arretine ware

1775–85; <Latin Arrētīnus, derivative of Arrētium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; see -ine1

Words nearby Arretine ware

arresting gear, arrestive, arrestment, arrest of judgment, Arretine, Arretine ware, Arretium, arrgt., Arrhenius, arrhenotoky, arrhythmia
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British Dictionary definitions for Arretine ware

Arretine ware
noun
another term for Samian ware (def. 2)
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