Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sort of lead ore found in Cornwall, England, used by potters to give a glazing to their wares, and called
potter's ore . Other forms are alquifore, arquifoux.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lead ore found inCornwall ,England , and used to give agreen glaze topottery .
Etymologies
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Equivalent to arquifoux, French alquifoux, from the same Arabic word as alcohol.
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