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
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 Mary Somerville
For fine work the surface should not be so glossy as to look like japan work.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
The quaint old church of Morisco-Italian style, with its cupola of motley japan, the residence of the cura, and the house of the alcaldé, are the only stone structures in the place.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
One-half pint japan added to gallon of paint.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
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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Insects collected on seabeaches, and saturated with salt water, also corrode the common steel pin very quickly and should be mounted on japanned pins.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
“Wait, I’ll get my box and show you,” offered Peg; and Cleo went to the “safe” with her to get out the square japanned box.
From The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills by Lillian Garis
The principal manufactures are silk and cotton goods, japanned ware, porcelain and bronze.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
Varnishing is the last and the finishing process in japanning.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by William N. Brown
My table I like; though he has stuck in among the ornaments two vile china jars, that look like the modern japanning by ladies.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Peter Cunningham
Shellac varnish is used for japanning lamps, tea trays, &c.
From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown
Pianos, cradles, arm-chairs, indeed complete drawing-room suites, cornices, door-plates, and a variety of ornaments are displayed, in addition to the tea-trays and tea-chests in which the art of japanning first became known to us.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
With these you may match almost any colour in general use in japanning.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
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