japan
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Shame on anyone who shall try to shame them for that and deny them basic rights. tpng813 Just like how japan denies its massive massacres across china.
From Time ● Aug. 13, 2013
In other cases the concave mirror, either of polished copper or black japan, will be found serviceable for inducing the clairvoyant state.
From How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer by Sepharial
So her black japan casket which Harry was to carry to the coach was taken back to her ladyship's chamber, whither the maid and mistress retired.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
After the second coat had hardened it was rubbed down with pumice that the surface might be perfectly smooth before the final layer of japan was applied.
From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware
I remember especially admiring the basins, jugs, &c., which were all of the finest japan enamel.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
His sponges were the ordinary reef sponges and these he would rinse in an old japanned basin, changing the water in the basin only when it became too bloody to return the sponges relatively clean.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He lighted the shank of candle in the japanned candlestick and regarded the bed—as spineless as a hammock and covered with a dirty patchwork quilt, the cotton batting spilling from the edges.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The painted and japanned work has been criticized on safer grounds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The principal manufactures are silk and cotton goods, japanned ware, porcelain and bronze.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.
Hepplewhite, 97, 99, 100. inlaid, 100. japanned, 100.
From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.
When white or other light tones are used for japanning they are mixed with japanners' varnish, and these require more careful heating in the oven or stove than darker tints or brown or black.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.
In japanning curved pieces, such as mud-guards, etc., in hanging up the work in the oven see that the liquid does not run to extremities and there form ugly blots or blotches of enamel.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.
The great drawback to the use of gas for heating japanning and enamelling stoves is the great cost of coal gas.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.
As painting suited his talents, he entered into the lucrative branch of japanning, and resided at No. 22, in Moor-street.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William
The above four receipts are used in japanning.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel