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Webster 1913 Edition


Kaoline

{

Ka′o-lin

,

Ka′o-line

}
,
Noun.
[Chin.
kao-ling
.]
(Min.)
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
☞ The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration.