Obs. (See quots.)
1744. in Dict. Nat. Biogr. (1889), XX. 300/1. The material [for making china-ware] is an earth, the produce of the Cherokee nation in America, called by the natives unaker.
1885. Encycl. Brit., XIX. 641/1. The clay, which was called ‘unaker,’ was brought from America, and was probably an impure kind of kaolin.
