Palissy

[ pa-lee-see ]

/ pa liˈsi /

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noun

Ber·nard

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

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Words nearby Palissy

Palisades, Palisades Park, palisado, palisander, palish, Palissy, palki, Palk Strait, pall, palla, Palladian

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How to use Palissy in a sentence

Our meats were served upon porcelain that would have driven Palissy to despair.
In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
Palissy essayed to imitate this wonder but attacked the problem from the standpoint of an opaque glaze.
The Potter's Craft|Charles F. Binns
This ware is sometimes sold under the name of maiolica but it is more nearly an imitation of Palissy.
The Potter's Craft|Charles F. Binns
Palissy has written his own story, and it has the interest of romance and the fervor of faith.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott

Palissy was one of those earnest, intense, narrow natures who believed their faith was the only true faith for man.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for Palissy

Palissy

/ (French palisi) /

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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