china token (china to"kn)

A small piece of porcelain or fine earthenware upon which is inscribed the promise to pay a sum of money, or some similar memorandum: used in pottery and porcelain-factories in the intercourse between the workmen and their employers. Those of the Worcester Porcelain Company are small flat disks with the letters W. P. C. on one side and the promise or agreement on the other. Jewitt. china-tree (chi'nä-trē), n. The pride-of-India, Melia Azedarach, a native of India, widely cultivated in warm countries for shade. Shaded by china - trees, in the midst of luxuriant gardens, Stood the houses of planters, with negro-cabins and dove cots. Long fellow, Evangeline, ii. 2. Wild china-tree, the soapberry, Sapindus margin at us, a native of northern Mexico, the West Indies, and adjacent United States: so called from its resemblance to the cul tivated china-tree. chinaware (chi'na-war), n. [ IMG:content-0295.jpg:[blocks in formation] - Chynchyn, or sparyn mekylle, perparcus. Prompt . Parv .