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slipcasting en · NOUN

Etymology

From slip + casting.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel
  2. (countable) A piece of pottery made by this technique
    • It takes about a week and a half from the time you select the model you want copied till you have twenty slipcastings completed, fired, and ready for paint. 1989, Thurston James, The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook, →ISBN, page 85:

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slipcastings Number=Plur lexicographic

slipcasting en · VERB

Etymology

From slip + casting.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of slipcast
    form of slipcast

Forms

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