Basaltware
a type of unglazed stoneware, usually black with a dull gloss, developed by josiah wedgwood.
noun
hard fine-grained black stoneware, made in europe, esp in england, in the late 18th century
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the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure. noun a fine-grained dark basic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, a pyroxene, and olivine: the most common volcanic rock and usually extrusive see flood basalt a form of black unglazed […]
- Basaltic
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure. historical examples at this place the cliffs which overhang the southern bank presented a fine collection of basaltic columns. early western travels 1748-1846, volume 28 various no doubt the basaltic mountains […]
- Basanite
a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite. historical examples basanite, bas′an-īt, n. a kind of quartz serviceable for testing the purity of the precious metals by the marks made. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various basanite is also known as lydian stone or touchstone on account of its […]
- Bascinet
noun (armour) a variant spelling of basinet historical examples in the preceding chapter we noticed the method of attaching the camail to the bascinet. armour & weapons charles john ffoulkes the most popular of the light helmets at this period was the bascinet. armour & weapons charles john ffoulkes the above engraving represents a helmet, […]
- Bascule
a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight. historical examples the -ssistants seized the condemned man, and pushed him on to the bascule. fantmas pierre souvestre bascule, bas′kūl, n. an apparatus of the lever […]