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potter's wheel

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potter's wheel

–noun
a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.

Origin:
1720–30
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potter's wheel  
n.  A revolving, often treadle-operated horizontal disk on which clay is shaped manually.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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