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potsherd
/ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/
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What does potsherd mean?
noun
- A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
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/ˈpɑt.ʃəɹd/
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The material on one only of the three hundred pieces of potsherd had melted, and it was taken out to cool.
After choosing who shall be first, second, etc., the player stands at taw and tosses the potsherd into division number one.
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From the cesspool, it reconstitutes the city; from mud, it reconstructs manners; from the potsherd it infers the amphora or the jug.
Aye, and there have been, who with weight of stone Or heavy potsherd press them from above; This serves for shield in pelting showers, and this When the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.