Kaoline: alternatives and connections

An impalpable powder.

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.

A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly us…

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effl…

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or ra…

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous roo…

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

The act or process of cementing.

A country in Eastern Asia.

Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by mea…

The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay.