keramic
Americanadjective
adjective
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It was this curious early observation of evolving keramic art that made Goguet—an anthropologist born out of due season—first hit upon that luminous theory of the origin of pottery now all but universally accepted.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
The usual color of the keramic ware is black, some times decorated with white lozenge-shaped ornaments.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
There was a period when Keith seriously believed that all specimens of the keramic art were inkstands in disguise.
From The Soul of a Child by Edwin Björkman
Not far off he discovered another workshop, containing some very fine hatchets perfectly polished, and some keramic ware tastily ornamented.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
"It is sometimes spelled K-e-r-a-m-i-c, keramic, and comes from the Greek word χεραμος, signifying 'potters' clay,' and hence, in a general sense, pottery of every kind and methods of producing it."
From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various
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