Meaning of terra sigillata | Babel Free

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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

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“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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