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ally alternate, soraetiincs also, especially in French poetry, 

 intermixed, the first and fourth, second and third, rhyming 

 together. 



Recur'rent Verses. — Verses tliat read the same backwards as 

 they do forwards. 



Refrain'. — The burden of a song; a phrase or verse' wliich 

 recurs at the end of each of the separate divisions of a 

 poetic composition. 



Sex'tain. — A stanza containing six lines. 



Son'net. — A short poem of fourteen lines, two stanzas of four 

 verses each and two of three each, the rhymes being ad- 

 justed by a particular rule. 



Stan'za. — A number of lines or verses connected with each 

 other, being a portion of a poem containing every varia- 

 tion of measure in that poem. 



Teles'tich. — A poem in which the final letters of the lines make 

 a name. 



Thren'ody. — A song of lamentation ; especially a species of 

 short occasional poem, composed for the occasion of the 

 funeral of some distinguished personage. 



Tri'olet. — A stanza of eight lines in which the first line is 

 thrice repeated. 



Triplet. — Three verses rhyming together. 



Versifica'tion. — The art of adjusting the syllables and form- 

 ing them into harmonious measure. 

 See also general heading Versification. 



POTTERY. 



Ceramics (Gr. keramos, potter's earth). — The art of pottery, 

 Bis'ciiit. — A term applied to articles that have been only once 



baked or burnt, and have not yet received the glaze or 



vitreous coat with which most articles of porcelain or 



earthenware are covered. 

 Cheko'a. — The Chinese porcelain clay. 

 Delf. — Earthenware covered with enamel or white glazing, in 



imitation of porcelain. 

 Earth'enware. — Ware made of burnt or baked clay, or other 



like substances. 

 Glazing. — The art of cvusfiug with a vitreous substance. 

 Parian. — A tine quality of porcelain clay, used for making 



