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566. 2. In ceram., a house in which green or unfired pottery is dried before being submitted to the fire of the kiln. "green" or unfired state. The [bisque] ware being finished from the hands of the potter is brought by him upon boards to the green - house , so called from its being the receptacle for ware in the Ure, Dict., III. 614. Green i an (grē'ni-an), a. [ Green (see def.) + -ian.] Pertaining to the English mathematician George Green (1793-1841). 1841).- - Green i an Green i an function, a function of a cla introduced by Green. These functions satisfy Laplace's equation and serve to represent the distribution of electricity on an ellipsoid. greening (grē'ning), n. [Verbal n. of green1, v .] 1. A becoming or growing green. The tender greening greenish (grē'nish), a . [ greenish yellow. All lovely Daughters of the Flood thereby, With goodly greenish locks, all loose untyde. Red-eyed Greenlet ( Vireo olivaceus ). greenstone green-rot (grēn'rot), n. A condition of wood in which the ti ues have a characteristic verdigris-green color. A fungus, Peziza æruginosa, commonly accompanies it, but is not certainly known to be the cause. green-salted (grēn's alted), a. Salted down without tanning: said of hides.