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majolica


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Majolica  \Ma*jol"i*ca\,  n.  [It.] 
  A  kind  of  pottery,  with  opaque  glazing  and  showy,  which 
  reached  its  greatest  perfection  in  Italy  in  the  16th  century. 
 
  Note:  The  term  is  said  to  be  derived  from  Majorca,  which  was 
  an  early  seat  of  this  manufacture.  --Heyse. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  majolica 
  n  :  highly  decorated  earthenware  with  a  glaze  of  tin  oxide  [syn: 
  {maiolica}] 




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