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kaoline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kaoline has 1 sense
- kaoline(n = noun.substance) china clay, china stone, kaolin, porcelain clay, terra alba - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper); Array is a kind of clay
CIDE DICTIONARY
kaoline, n. [Chin. kao-ling.].
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar. [1913 Webster]
" The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration."
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