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

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump..

Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain..

Glass Maker :: Glass maker (n.) Alt. of Glassmake.

Service :: Service (n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass..

Vitrificate :: Vitrificate (v. t.) To convert into glass; to vitrify.

Blebby :: Blebby (a.) Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass..

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To case in glass.

Argand Lamp :: Argand lamp () A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

Glassologist :: Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..

Grisaille :: Grisaille (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

Glasseye :: Glasseye (n.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

Sandemanian :: Sandemanian (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite..

Negative :: Negative (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed..

Tessera :: Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes..

Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..

Polverine :: Polverine (n.) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass..

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

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