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faience

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fa·ience also fa·ïence  (f-äns, -äs, f-)
n.
1. Earthenware decorated with colorful opaque glazes.
2. A moderate to strong greenish blue.
[French faïence, after Faïence, Faenza, Italy.]
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Noun1.faiencefaience - glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
earthenware - ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat


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The rest of the furniture of this privileged apartment consisted of old cabinets, filled with Chinese porcelain and Japanese vases, Lucca della Robbia faience, and Palissy platters; of old arm-chairs, in which perhaps had sat Henry IV.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Splendid enamels gleamed here and there on carved chests; a boar's head in faience crowned a magnificent dresser, whose two shelves announced that the mistress of the house was the wife or widow of a knight banneret.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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