potters wheel

A horizontally revolving disc, driven by a treadle or by an a istant. The lump of clay, being placed upon it, is molded into form by pre ure, the circular form being maintained by the pa age of the clay between the hands, a isted by a piece of horn or shell, which is called a "rib," acting as a former, straight-edge, or scraper. pot-ter (2), s. [POTTER, v.] A slow pace or walk; IMG:content-1410.png:[blocks in formation] pottery pot-ter-, 8. [Fr. poterie, from pot =a pot.] 1. The ware or ve els made by potters; earthen ware glazed and baked. "The earthenware of the Greeks and Romans was unglazed, but they covered their pottery with wax, tallow, bitumen, and perhaps other articles, to render them impervious to water, wine, . The Romans used molds for ornamenting clay ve els and for making figures of idols, or of limbs, plants, ., for votive offerings. The art of making glazed pottery originated with the Chinese, and pa ed from thence to India, and from thence succe ively to Arabia, Spain, Italy, Holland." -Knight: Dict. Mechanics. 2. A place where earthenware is manufactured. *3. The busine of a potter. pottery-bark, s. The bark of Licania, the ashes of which along the Amazon are mixed with clay for pottery.