PORCELAIN  , the name of that See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of ceramic See also:

• WARE

ware which is characterized by a translucent See also:

• BODY

body, also loosely used for the finer kinds of ware generally, popularly known as " See also:

• CHINA

china " (see See also:

• CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

CERAMICS) . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French porcelaine, from which the word comes into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian porcellana, a cowrie-See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, the beautifully polished See also:

• SURFACE

surface of which caused the name to be applied to the ware . The Italian word is generally taken to be from porcella, diminutive of porco, See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig, from a sup-posed resemblance of the shell to a pig's back .