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Meaning of FLAMB'E

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Flam`b['e]"\, a. [F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a
thing) through flame. Cf. {Flambeau}.] (Ceramics)
Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the
surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run
down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.

 

 

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