daggers

Example Sentences

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As the kiln was uncovered, he found many more broken pieces of pottery shards and saggers, or kiln furniture, that were used to protect pottery when it was being fired inside the kiln.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2020

But even if they can't persuade their parents and the town's elders, all is not lost for the saggers of Riviera Beach.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were on the high shelves all around, a 190 lot of things called saggers.

From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous

The inertness and pallor of the saggers seemed to be the physical result of their fiery trial, and one wondered that they should have survived the trial.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

The kiln drawers are never forced to draw out the saggers, however, when they are intensely hot unless they wish to do so.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware