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pottern ore

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pottern ore (uncountable)

  1. Dated form of potter's ore.
    • 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, [], Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:
      I likewise took notice of an ore, which, for its aptness to vitrify, and serve the potters to glaze their vessels, the miners call pottern-ore, and sell it dearer than other ore

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