terra-cotta
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Terra-cotta rooftops give this image of Venice’s main island its reddish color.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Terra-cotta Franklin medallions were served up by the thousand but could not satisfy the demand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Terra-cotta idols of the Ilian Athene are rarely met with, but we daily find marble idols of this goddess, most of which have almost a human form.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Terra-cotta is useful but indefinite, as it may mean anything between brick-red and buff.
From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude
Terra-cotta, a kind of pottery made from fine clay, hardened by heat.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
