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Glaze :: Glaze (n.) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3..

Glazing :: Glazing (n.) The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy..

Frett :: Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda..

Humite :: Humite (n.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine..

Glass-sponge :: Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella..

Gadolinite :: Gadolinite (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron..

Vitreous :: Vitreous (a.) Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity..

Spherulite :: Spherulite (n.) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone..

Tachylyte :: Tachylyte (n.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.

Chalcocite :: Chalcocite (n.) Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster..

Vitrescence :: Vitrescence (n.) The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass..

Semivitreous :: Semivitreous (a.) Partially vitreous.

Glass-rope :: Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together..

Laumontite :: Laumontite (n.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles..

Devitrify :: Devitrify (v. t.) To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

Vitre-o-electic :: Vitre-o-electic (a.) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity..

Depolishing :: Depolishing (n.) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain..

Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..

Iolite :: Iolite (n.) A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite..

Hyaloid :: Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye..

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