Noun:

ஓட்டைப்போல்,

potsherd's Usage Examples:

Very interesting examples of Israelite written inscriptions on potsherds, dating from the 9th century B.

It contained potsherds which are said to range from " Troy I.

A relief figure in stone, some pavements, potsherds, coins and burials have been found, but nothing to indicate an important station.

The area within the walls is a vast expanse of cultivated land, unbroken by any vestige of antiquity; yet the soil is thick with tile and potsherd, and in hot summers the unevenly growing corn reveals the remains of streets beneath the surface.

Inscriptions, beautiful mosaics and other traces of comfortable houses have been found, with many potsherds, coins and bronze, iron and other objects; and a large part of the town walls, several mosaics and parts of buildings, can be seen.

Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.

It also showed some very high density objects, including a possible potsherd.

Smaller elliptical houses were found near by, with geometric potsherds, bronzes, and a few iron weapons.

To prepare the pot for the plant, a broadish piece of potsherd, called a " crock," is placed over the large hole, and if there be side holes they also are covered.

The bedding plants generally may be potted in this way, the advantage being that at planting-out time there is less risk of disturbing the roots than if there were potsherds to remove.

For epiphytal plants like orchids the most thorough drainage must be secured by the abundant use of potsherds, small pots being sometimes inserted inside the larger ones, or by planting in shallow pots or pans, so that there shall be no large mass of soil to get consolidated.

During the excavations on the Acropolis at Athens, terminated in 1888, many potsherds of the Mycenaean style were found; but Olympia had yielded either none, or such as had not been recognized before being thrown away, and the temple site at Delphi produced nothing distinctively Aegean.

"Smaller elliptical houses were found near by, with geometric potsherds, bronzes, and a few iron weapons.