saggar

Variant of sagger

sagger definition

sag·ger or saggar sag′·gar (sag′ər)

noun

  1. a thin, protective box of fire clay for baking finer or more delicate ceramics in the kiln
  2. the clay of which it is made

Etymology: dial. saggard, contr. < ? safeguard

transitive verb

to bake in a sagger

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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