Ceram'ics (Gr. keramos, 'potter's clay'), a term used to designate the department of plastic art which comprises all objects made of clay, such as vases, cups, bassi-rilievi, cornices, and the like. See POTTERY.
Ceram'ics
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 70
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