kao'linic
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kaolin or kaoline (ˈkeɪəlɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| china clay, Also called: china stone a fine white clay used for the manufacture of hard-paste porcelain and bone china and in medicine as a poultice and gastrointestinal absorbent | |
| [C18: from French, from Chinese Kaoling Chinese mountain where supplies for Europe were first obtained, from kao high + ling hill] | |
| kaoline or kaoline | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from French, from Chinese Kaoling Chinese mountain where supplies for Europe were first obtained, from kao high + ling hill] | |
| kao'linic or kaoline | |
| —adj | |
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