fictile

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"Jupiter angusta vix totus stabat in �de; Inque Jovis dextra fictile fulmen erat."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Al-Barníya, "vas fictile in quo quid recondunt," whence the Spanish word Albornia, "a great glazed vessel in the shape of a bowl, with handles."

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Dr. Klemm long ago pointed out that the oldest German fictile vases have an ornamentation in which plaiting is imitated by incised lines.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

For ours is a most fictile world; and man is the most fingent plastic of creatures.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

The study of the fictile art of the potter, even from the theoretical side alone, cannot fail to quicken and broaden education.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.