japan

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Shame on anyone who shall try to shame them for that and deny them basic rights. tpng813 Just like how japan denies its massive massacres across china.

From Time • Aug. 13, 2013

For fine work the surface should not be so glossy as to look like japan work.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.

I remember especially admiring the basins, jugs, &c., which were all of the finest japan enamel.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

They are japan to Japan, Sweet-meets to Sweet-meats, sollicit to solicit, and hugy to hugely.

From The Levellers A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons by Anonymous

Dissolve asphaltum in naphtha until it is as thin as water and makes a yellowish stain; or to equal parts of asphaltum, varnish, and gold size japan, add enough turpentine to thin to proper consistency.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William