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A penitential bird, indeed, fitly haunting the shores of the clinkered Encantadas, whereon tormented Job himself might have well sat down and scraped himself with potsherds.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

Some relics of the hut of Oberlus partially remain to this day at the head of the clinkered valley.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

They express themselves in the form of clinkered holes, excessive smoke, and irregularly fired or sulphured ware.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

Stars, forsooth!—and, pray, what paltry sun, what irresponsible comet, what pallid, clinkered satellite, might boast a purple splendor such as this?

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by Cabell, James Branch

The clinkered hills, quivering in the west, sank gradually into the heated blur above the plains.

From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner