Engore vs Engobe - What's the difference?
engore | engobe |
(obsolete) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
(obsolete) To make bloody.
A white or colored clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
A clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing.
As verbs the difference between engore and engobe
is that engore is (obsolete) to gore; to pierce; to lacerate while engobe is .engore
English
Verb
(engor)- Deadly engored of a great wild boar. — Spenser.
- (Chapman)
engobe
English
Noun
(en noun)References
* Merriam-Webster's Third International Dictionary, unabridged. Springfield, Mass. * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] *Multilingual Dictionary of Pottery Words - English/Dutch/French
