FLINT GLASS
\flˈɪnt ɡlˈas], \flˈɪnt ɡlˈas], \f_l_ˈɪ_n_t ɡ_l_ˈa_s]\
Definitions of FLINT GLASS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
By Oddity Software
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A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
By Noah Webster.
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Contains lead oxide in place of lime and is more refractive than crown g.; both crown and flint g. are used in lenses.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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