petuntse

or pe·tun·tze

[ pi-toon-tse; Chinese baw-duhn-dzuh ]

/ pɪˈtʊn tsɛ; Chinese ˈbɔˈdʌnˈdzʌ /

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noun

a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.

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Origin of petuntse

1720–30; <Chinese (Wade-Giles) pai2tun1tzŭ0, (pinyin) bái dùnzi white mound

Words nearby petuntse

petulance, petulancy, petulant, petulantly, petunia, petuntse, Petworth House, peu à peu, peu de chose, Peul, Pevsner

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How to use petuntse in a sentence

It is not, therefore, composed simply of kaolin and petuntse.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young

The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young

British Dictionary definitions for petuntse

petuntse

petuntze

/ (pɪˈtʌntsɪ, -ˈtʊn-) /

noun

a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone

Word Origin for petuntse

C18: from Chinese (Beijing) pe tun tzu, from pe white + tun heap + tzu offspring

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