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raku definition

raku (rä′ko̵̅o̅)

noun

a kind of earthenware, originally developed for the Japanese tea ceremony in the 16th cent., that has been fired and glazed and then quickly fired again, leaving blackened, distinctively variegated pattern

Etymology: Jpn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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