Definition of "faience" [faience]

• Earthenware decorated with colorful opaque glazes. (noun)
• A moderate to strong greenish blue. (noun)

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• "I have learned since, as she knew all the time, -- that 'faience' is used as a generic term!"
• "Mr Shar told Dawn that remains of a 'faience' mirror factory had been found at the project's second block."
• "Egyptian artefacts such as faience are found in Mycenaean excavations, and Mycenean-style pottery is found in Akhenaten’s city of Amarna in Egypt, indicating trading and/or diplomatic links between Mycenae and Akhenaten’s Egypt."