lava ware

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lava ware - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lava \La"va\ (l[aum]"v[.a]; 277), n. [It. lava lava, orig. in
     Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. &
     L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
     The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured
     sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It
     also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms
     beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern
     United States.
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     Note: Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as
           scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and
           according to the material of which they consist, as
           doleritic, trachytic, etc.
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     Lava millstone, a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from
        the neighborhood of the Rhine.
  
     Lava ware, a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast
        into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in
        appearance.
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