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Slap′ping.


Pottery.) The process of working clay by dividing a block and slapping the halves together. This develops the plasticity, makes the mass homogeneous, and expels air-bubbles. The grain of the mass is preserved, the pieces being dashed parallel upon each other. The process is repeated again, the dividing instrument being a wire. See sloping; wedging; slicing-machine. [2199]

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