The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . sy. Flo- pottery elay wbleh is of a grayish color and when llrod is white, anda Ida. k day so . , whith aliui results in a » hite liisoiiit.— Potters field, a piei e of gmnml reserved as a bnrial-place for slnnigeiT! ami the friemlUss poor, the name istierivetl from its nne in llu* following pasft-ige: And they timk counsel, and bought with thcin Ithirtypieces uf silver) the futtert field, to bury strangers in. Mat. xxvii. 7. Potters latbe. same pon
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . sy. Flo- pottery elay wbleh is of a grayish color and when llrod is white, anda Ida. k day so . , whith aliui results in a » hite liisoiiit.— Potters field, a piei e of gmnml reserved as a bnrial-place for slnnigeiT! ami the friemlUss poor, the name istierivetl from its nne in llu* following pasft-ige: And they timk counsel, and bought with thcin Ithirtypieces uf silver) the futtert field, to bury strangers in. Mat. xxvii. 7. Potters latbe. same pontm irlirel.— Potters ore, one uf the many ndners terms for galemi: lead ore inlumps and sutllcienUy free from gangue to tie used byIHttters for gla/itig their ware.—Potterswheel, an used in shaping earthenware vessels of roinnled form,serving to give the nniss of elay a rtitary motion whilethe isitter manipulates it. The primitive form is a smallronnd table set on a idvot, and free to revolve; it isturned by the hand at intervals. An improved form has alower shelf or fuut-pieee connected with tlie that. Pot-plate of Chinese blue and white porcelain. the decoration of which appears a vase, ,or the like, of broad rounded fonu, usually (p6-po-re), . [Fonnerly also ]ioljiorriil (Cotgravo); < F. pnt-pourri, < pot, pot,-l-piiiiiri, pp. of iiouirii; < Ij. piitrere, rot: seepii-Ct. equiv. ollii podrida.] 1. A dish of pot-stick (potstik), ». [Knrly mod. E. pol-sli/fh; iE. ; <. piif^ + stick.\ A stickfor stirring porridge, etc. The next had in her hand a sword, another a club, an-other a potSticJce. Quoted in Capt. John Smithi Works, I. 195. pot-still (potstil), H. A still to which heatis applied directly as to a pot, in contradis-tinction to one heated by a steam-jacket. See still. potstone (potston), n. 1. A eoneretion ormass of flint, of a pear-shaped form, and hav-ing a central cavity passing through
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