Middle English Dictionary Entry
vitrifīed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | vitrifīed ppl. |
| Etymology | From OF or ML: cp. F (16th cent.) vitrifier & ML vitrificātor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of pottery: given a glassy surface, glazed.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)112a/b : Take massacune, it is þe vitrinynge þat vessels of erþe þat cummen fro be ȝonde se ben vitrified wiþ, of þe whiche take of þe scrapinge of þe egges of þe vessels.