Definition of japan

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"Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes..

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Raku Ware :: Raku ware () A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color..
Mikado :: Mikado (n.) The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.
Lacquer :: Lacquer (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made..
Saki :: Saki (n.) The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
Glass-rope :: Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together..
Japan :: "Japan (v. t.) To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer..
Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..
Japan :: "Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware..
Japanese :: "Japanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan..
Norimon :: Norimon (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men..
Japanner :: "Japanner (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art..
Whitebait :: Whitebait (n.) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait..
Satsuma Ware :: Satsuma ware () A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands..
Chopstick :: Chopstick (n.) One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth..
Ginkgo :: Ginkgo (n.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree..
Corchorus :: Corchorus (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens..
Japanning :: Japanning (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
Hara-kiri :: Hara-kiri (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari..
Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware..
Tycoon :: Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners..
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