English Dictionary

pearl-ash

名詞

不可算名詞

A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.

日本語の意味

灰白色の粉末で、石灰と同様の化学的性質を示す。これは二枚貝などの殻を高温で焼いて、材料を焼成（カルシネーション）したものを指す。

The potter mixed pearl-ash into the glaze to achieve a soft gray-white sheen, aware that the substance was a powder with quicklime-like chemical properties produced by heating mollusk shells until calcined.

陶芸家は釉薬に焼成した貝殻の粉を混ぜて柔らかな灰白色の光沢を出し、その物質が貝殻を高温で焼いて得た、消石灰に似た化学的性質を持つ粉末であることを承知していた。

意味（1）

A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.