semiglazed

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adjective

Slightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectivesemiglazed (not comparable)

alternative semi-glazed

  1. not comparableSlightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.

    Sift a small quantity of the dust on to a semiglazed white paper about 8 by 10 inches.

    1921, United States. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws
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    The semiglazed chintz curtains are hung from a rod placed inside a painted wooden cornice.

    1928, Helen Koues, Helen Koues on decorating the house in the early American, colonial, English, and Spanish manner, page 116

    Two-inch-square tan or turquoise-colored semiglazed tile is attractive and has the advantage of not showing footmarks or discoloration.

    1946, Gladys Beckett Jones, Manual of Smart Housekeeping, page 12
  2. not comparablePartially glazed; glazed over only part of the surface or not completely glazed over.

    As she peered at me from semiglazed eyes, her yawn was interrupted by a rich giggle.

    1957, Welbourn Kelley, Alabama empire, page 339
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    This smaller foot is normal on examples dating at the end of the 2nd century, as well as on semiglazed bowls (see below).

    1997, Susan I. Rotroff, Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

    Semiglazed bowls (22) have a simple ring foot and convex lower wall that constricts and is pulled out in its upper reaches to form a concave upper wall terminating in a tapered, outturned rim. They are given the name “semiglazed” because most examples from Corinth are dipped in slip to about mid-wall on the exterior.

    2014, Gerald P. Schaus, Stymphalos: The Acropolis Sanctuary - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 203

Origin

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