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barbotine

American  
[bahr-buh-teen] / ˈbɑr bəˌtin /

noun

  1. a thin clay paste for making ceramic decorations in low relief.

Etymology

Origin of barbotine

1860–65; < French, equivalent to barbot ( er ) to dabble, splash about (of a duck, etc.) + -ine -ine 2

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In the last named were found traces of a fire that had been lit above the tomb, and some pottery was picked up ornamented with hollow lines, filled with some white matter not unlike barbotine.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

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