albarello |
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noun (albarelli)
- A ceramic pharmacy or drug jar, generally majolica ware. They are usually tall rather than wide, and often of a waisted shape. Albarelli originated in the Middle East but their name is from Italian.
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anneal |
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(context, metallurgy) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
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aventurine |
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noun
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A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.
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(mineralogy) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
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