- potsherd
- noun Etymology: Middle English pot-sherd, from pot + sherd shard Date: 14th century a pottery fragment usually unearthed as an archaeological relic
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Potsherd — Pot sherd , n. [Pot + sherd or shard.] A piece or fragment of a broken pot. Job ii. 8. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
potsherd — early 14c., from POT (Cf. pot) (1) + schoord, from O.E. sceard (see SHARD (Cf. shard)) … Etymology dictionary
potsherd — [pät′shʉrd΄] n. [ME potschoord: see POT1 & SHARD] a piece of broken pottery, esp. one found as an archaeological artifact … English World dictionary
Potsherd — (POT shard) On the Greek island of Chios (see GREEK VAMPIRES), as well as in various places throughout Europe, a piece of pottery called a potsherd was buried with a person to prevent him from rising as an undead creature (see UNDEATH). Typically … Encyclopedia of vampire mythology
potsherd — /pot sherrd /, n. a broken pottery fragment, esp. one of archaeological value. [1275 1325; ME; equiv. to pot POT1 + sherd, var. of SHARD] * * * … Universalium
potsherd — noun A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site … Wiktionary
Potsherd — A shred , i.e., anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware (Job 2:8; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9) … Easton's Bible Dictionary
potsherd — pot·sherd || pÉ‘tʃɜrd / pÉ’tʃɜËd n. piece of broken pottery (especially one found in an archaeological dig) … English contemporary dictionary
potsherd — see … Glossary of Art Terms
potsherd — [ pɒtʃə:d] noun a piece of broken pottery. Origin ME: from pot1 and sherd, var. of shard … English new terms dictionary
