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Aquarium :: Aquarium (n.) An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept..

Glass-faced :: Glass-faced (a.) Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.

Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..

Metal :: Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion.

Glassy :: Glassy (a.) Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep..

Semivitrified :: Semivitrified (a.) Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.

Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..

Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..

Frosted :: Frosted (a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass..

Frit :: Frit (v. t.) To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

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

Frit :: Frit (v. t.) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients..

Wineglassful :: Wineglassful () As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls..

Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..

Diaphanie :: Diaphanie (n.) The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.

Glasshouse :: Glasshouse (n.) A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

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

Mineral :: Mineral (v. i.) An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals..

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