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ka·o·lin

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–noun

a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.

Also, ka·o·line.

[Origin: 1720–30; < F < Chin (Wade-Giles) Kao¹ling³, (pinyin) Gāolǐng mountain in Jiangxi province that yielded the first kaolin sent to Europe (gāo high + lǐng hill)

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—Related forms

ka·o·lin·ic, adjective

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ka·o·lin also ka·o·line Audio Help (kā'ə-lĭn) Pronunciation Key
n. A fine clay used in ceramics and refractories and as a filler or coating for paper and textiles.

[French, from Chinese (Mandarin) Gāolǐng, a mountain of Jiangxi province.]

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kaolin

"china clay," 1727, from Fr. kaolin (1712), from Chinese Kao-ling, transliteration of the name of a mountain in Jiangxi, China (near which it was originally dug up), from Chinese gao "high" + ling "mountain, hill."

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kaolin
noun
a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) [syn: china clay]

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Kaolin

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.

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