Palissy

[pa-lee-see]

noun

Ber·nard [ber-nar] /bɛrˈnar/, c1510–89, French potter, enameler, and author.

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For many successive months and years Palissy pursued his experiments.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
Palissy was employed to make this survey, and prepare the requisite map.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
Like so many Renaissance artists Palissy tried his skill in many lines.
Historic Inventions
Rupert S. Holland
A female Palissy would revolutionize our ideas of womans art.
The Dull Miss Archinard
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Palissy receives them joyfully; he would like to invite the whole town.
Stories of Invention
Edward E. Hale

British Dictionary definitions for palissy

Palissy

noun

Bernard (bɛrnar). 1510–89, French Huguenot potter and writer on natural history, noted for his rustic glazed earthenware: died in the Bastille

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Palissy

Examples from the Web for palissy

Historical Examples

For many successive months and years Palissy pursued his experiments.

Palissy was employed to make this survey, and prepare the requisite map.

Like so many Renaissance artists Palissy tried his skill in many lines.

A female Palissy would revolutionize our ideas of womans art.

Palissy receives them joyfully; he would like to invite the whole town.

Palissy