tin-glazed

English

Adjective

tin-glazed (comparative more tin-glazed, superlative most tin-glazed)

  1. Of or pertaining to the application of a glaze comprising silicates, alkali, lead oxide and tin oxide. Upon firing the tin oxide in the mixture transforms a normally translucent lead glaze to become opaque white in colour.
    Renaissance tin-glazed Italian maiolica earthenware was made in Urbino and other centres.
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