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delft
1[ delft ]
noun
- earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- any pottery resembling this.
Delft
2[ delft ]
noun
- a city in W Netherlands.
Delft
/ dɛlft /
noun
- a town in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province. Pop: 97 000 (2003 est)
- Also calleddelftware tin-glazed earthenware made in Delft since the 17th century, typically having blue decoration on a white ground
- a similar earthenware made in England
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Gerard ter Borch made headlines, while his rival in Delft was painting maids with earrings.
From The Daily Beast
When the captain came for the fare, I took out a handful of money, and said Delft, and also pointed to uncle George.
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You will find it enriched with towels, dishes of delft ware, forks, and all the most necessary utensils.
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Steve asked, coming to the door when she was beating cream into butter in a delft bowl.
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It was a little trim delft-blue linen frock with a white piqué collar and a loose blue tie.
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It was therefore on the tenth of April in the year 1583, that Grotius was born, at Delft.
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