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"""opalotype " :: Opalotype (n.) A picture taken on milky glass..

Square :: Square (n.) A pane of glass.

Fining :: Fining (n.) That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer..

Wineglass :: Wineglass (n.) A small glass from which to drink wine.

Water Glass :: Water glass () See Soluble glass, under Glass..

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

Ichthyocolla :: Ichthyocolla (n.) Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.

Blancmange :: Blancmange (n.) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold..

Pipette :: Pipette (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities..

Vitriol :: Vitriol (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster..

Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque..

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..

Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Optician :: Optician (a.) One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.

Cassius :: Cassius (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius..

Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..

Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..

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

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.

Mat :: Mat (n.) An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype..

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