terra sigillata
Meanings
noun
- A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
- A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
- A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin terra sigillāta (literally “sealed, stamped earth”).
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