The paddle is first dipped in water and rubbed over one of the flattish surfaces of the stone slightly to moisten it, and is then beaten against the outer surface of the bowl, while the stone, tapped against the inner surface, prevents indenting or cracking, and, by offering a more or less Nonresisting surface, assists in thinning and expanding the clay.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
Scarcely less black the two or three known examples of cruelty wrought upon Nonresisting Belgians.
"The Art of Public Speaking"
Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein