underslip

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From under- + slip.

A woman's undergarment.

Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences An underlying layer of slip.

The designs in the slip appear to have been created through a negative resist technique, in which a lighter-colored underslip shows through a darker overlying slip.2011, Walter R. T. Witschey, Clifford T. Brown, Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, page 336:

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