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Ar′re•tine ware′
(ar′ə tīn′, -tēn′),USA pronunciation
- Archaeology, Antiquitya red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded. Also called terra sigillata.
- Latin Arrētīnus, derivative of Arrētium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; see -ine1
- 1775–85
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