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  2. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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    The energetic mixing of ceramic raw materials, especially clays, with water to produce slip or slurry. Undertaken in large tanks called blungers. [2] Body The structural portion of a ceramic article, or the material or mixture from which it is made. Bone ash Calcined animal bone used in the production of bone china. Synthetic alternatives are ...

  3. Melting pot - Wikipedia

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    The image of the United States as a melting pot was popularized by the 1908 play The Melting Pot.. A melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture; an alternative being a homogeneous society becoming more heterogeneous through the influx of foreign elements with different cultural ...

  4. List of cooking vessels - Wikipedia

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    Karahi – a type of thick, circular, and deep cooking-pot similar in shape to a wok that originated in the Indian subcontinent; Kazan – a type of large cooking pot used throughout Central Asia, Russia, and the Balkan Peninsula; Marmite – a traditional crockery casserole vessel found in France, it is known for its "pot-belly" shape. [29 ...

  5. Miscegenation - Wikipedia

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    Miscegenation comes from the Latin miscere, 'to mix' and genus, 'kind'. [2] The word was coined in an anonymous propaganda pamphlet published in New York City in December 1863, during the American Civil War. The pamphlet was entitled Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro. [3]

  6. Krater - Wikipedia

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    The modern Greek word now used for undiluted wine, krasi , originates from the krasis (κράσις, lit. ' mixing ') of wine and water in kraters. [3] Pottery kraters were glazed on the interior to make the surface of the clay more impervious for holding water, and possibly for aesthetic reasons, since the interior could easily be seen. The ...

  7. Pottery - Wikipedia

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    The feed to the mould die is a mix of approximately 50 to 60 per cent unfired body in powder form, together with 40 to 50 per cent organic additives composed of binders, lubricants and plasticisers. [35] The technique is not as widely used as other shaping methods. [37] 3D printing: There are two methods. One involves the layered deposition of ...

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  9. Cultural amalgamation - Wikipedia

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    The word amalgamation means miscegenation. [13] When different cultural groups come into contact with each other, marriages occur. [1] This in turn creates a genetic mergence through the birth of children. [2] This genetic process, also known as hybridization, [19] [20] results after many generations. [2] [19]