Meaning of terra sigillata | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
   uncountable
2. A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
   uncountable
3. A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water.
   uncountable

Examples

“Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos.”

“Terra sigillata, or ‘terra sig’ for short, is made by mixing a suitable clay with water and a deflocculant and leaving it to stand until the heavier particles of clay settle out.”

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