Hypertext Webster Gateway: "china"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.

3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]

{Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}.

{China}, or {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}.

{Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which
carnations are derived.

{Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}.

{Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to
the ragged robin.

{Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}.

{Moss pink}. See under {Moss}.

{Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}.

{Sea pink}. See {Thrift}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It.
porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell
(Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig,
probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a
pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on
account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was
believed to be made from it. See {Pork}.]
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware,
made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and
America; -- called also {China}, or {China ware}.

Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.

{Ivory porcelain}, porcelain with a surface like ivory,
produced by depolishing. See {Depolishing}.

{Porcelain clay}. See under {Clay}.

{Porcelain crab} (Zo["o]l.), any crab of the genus
{Porcellana} and allied genera (family {Porcellanid[ae]}).
They have a smooth, polished carapace.

{Porcelain jasper}. (Min.) See {Porcelanite}.

{Porcelain printing}, the transferring of an impression of an
engraving to porcelain.

{Porcelain shell} (Zo["o]l.), a cowry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

China \Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.

2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See {Porcelain}.

{China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See {Aster}.

{China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1.

{China clay} See {Kaolin}.

{China grass}, Same as {Ramie}.

{China ink}. See {India ink}.

{China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
{Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single
or double flowers; Indian pink.

{China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax}
({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and
{Alpinia officinarum}).

{China rose}. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis})
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.

{China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.

{China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century
because brought from the far East, and differing from the
pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
crockery in general.

{Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

China
n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern
Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: {China},
{People's Republic of China}, {mainland China}, {Communist
China}, {Red China}, {PRC}]
2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China
3: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by
the communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: {Taiwan}, {China},
{Nationalist China}, {Republic of China}]
4: dishware made of china [syn: {chinaware}]


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