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

Telescopical :: Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise..

Carafe :: Carafe (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.

Sanidine :: Sanidine (n.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar..

Monteith :: Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Sunglow :: Sunglass (n.) A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.

Glasseye :: Glasseye (n.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.

Glass-snake :: Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World..

Glass-gazing :: Glass-gazing (a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.

Optometer :: Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses..

Perspective :: Perspective (a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.

Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass..

Annealing :: Annealing (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat..

Beaufet :: Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet..

Spyism :: Spyglass (n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

Anatron :: Anatron (n.) Glass gall or sandiver.

Leucite :: Leucite (n.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..

Cryophorus :: Cryophorus (n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr..

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..

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