crackled (krakld)

[ crackled porcelain or gla . The soft creamy-looking crackled glaze adds an additional charm. Encyc. Brit ., XIII. 590. Crackled ware, porcelain or faience decorated with crackle. crackle-gla (krak'l-glas), n. An ornamented gla made by plunging a ma attached to the end of a blowpipe, while at a glowing red heat, into hot water, and then opening and blowing it out. Its surface is filled with minute cracks, so that it resembles a ma of thawing ice, and is beautifully pellucid. Also called ice - gla . See crackle-porcelain (krak'l-pōrs lān), n. A variety of ceramic ware in which the enamel is covered with fine cracks; crackled ware. crackle, n., 2. In Chinese ware the crackled effect is restricted to certain portions of the glaze, leaving the remaining portions plain, thus producing ornamental effects. Also called crackle - china, crackle - ware, and cracklin. crack le (krak'les), a. [ Behind was a solid blackne - a crack le bank of it. S. L. Clemens , Life on Mi i ippi, p. 571. crackle-ware (krak'l-war), n. Same as crackle porcelain .