potter's wheel

Noun

Meaning

a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter

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Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter! Joyce Meyer

You are more shifting than a potter's wheel. Latin Proverb

the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC Source: Internet

Also known as "lining", this operation is often carried out on a potter's wheel. Source: Internet

During the Late Iron Age (800-1200 AD) the three-field system was introduced, rye cultivation began, quality of local craftsmanship improved with introduction of potter's wheel and better metal working techniques. Source: Internet

For example, Plato praises him (coupled with Anacharsis ) for being the originator of the potter's wheel and the anchor. Source: Internet

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