FAIENCE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'fIâns
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors

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	See Also:	earthenware

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fa`["i]*ence"\, n. [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.] Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.

Glossary

	Definition:	glass-like material first made in predynastic Egypt; it involves coating a core material of powdered quartz with a vitreous alkaline glaze.