The AI-powered English dictionary
countable and uncountable, plural kaolins
A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc. quotations examples
The composition of the Eastern or proper China ware, according to accounts that have great marks of authenticity, is from two earths; one of which is, as was before mentioned, vitrescent, and is called Petunse; the other a refractory or apyrous earth; and called Kaolin.
1757, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume 2
Grind with strong arm, the circling chertz betwixt, / Your pure Ka-o-lins and Pe-tun-tses mixt […] .
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 86