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Anaclastic glassAnaclastic An`a*clas"tic, a. [Gr. ? to bend back and break; to
reflect (light); ? + ? to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen
through water; as, anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted
funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out
a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with
a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the
orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its
former convex form. Bohemian glassBohemian Bo*he"mi*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian,
n., 2.
2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or ``Bohemian' (see
Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and
easy. [Modern]
Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
and thirty. --Blackw. Mag.
Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
customs nowadays. --W. Black.
Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zo["o]l.), a
small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the
waxwing.
Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color. Cheval glassCheval Che*val" (she*v[.a]l"), n.; pl. Chevaux (-v[=o]").
[F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure. Claude Lorraine glass
Claude Lorraine glass Claude" Lor*raine" glass` [Its name is
supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it
gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written
Lorraine).]
A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a
toy for viewing the reflected landscape.
crystal glassFlint glass Flint" glass` (Chem.)
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.
Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is
usually made of flint glass. Cupping glassCupping Cup"ping (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the
person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also,
sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an
abscess.
Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is
produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument
without scarification, to draw blood to the surface,
produce counter irritation, etc.
Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the
application of a cupping instrument after scarification. Cut glassCut Cut (k[u^]t), a.
1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in
facets or figures.
Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of
iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having
been split from the quarry. Cylinder glassCylinder Cyl"in*der (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF.
cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. ky`lindros, fr. kyli`ndein,
kyli`ein, to roll. Cf. Calender the machine.]
1. (Geom.)
(a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of
a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of
rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is
oblong, and the cross section is circular.
(b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The
space may be limited or unlimited in length.
2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as:
(a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is
moved by the force of steam.
(b) The barrel of an air or other pump.
(c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces
the impression or carries the type in a cylinder
press.
(d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a
revolver.
3. The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a
Jacquard loom.
Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.
Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a
cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous
sheet to the dryers.
Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.
Cylinder glass. See Glass.
Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.
Cylinder press. See Press. Egg-glass
Egg-glass Egg"-glass`, n.
A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking
time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg,
at table.
eyeglassEyecup Eye"cup`, n.
A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to
fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of
liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass. EyeglassEyeglass Eye"glass`, n.
1. A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used
singly or in pairs.
2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
3. The retina. [Poetic]
4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup. Flashed glassFlash Flash, v. t.
1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with
sudden flame or light.
The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick
flames. --Milton.
2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame
or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash
conviction on the mind.
3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of
glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n.,
3
(b) .
4. To trick up in a showy manner.
Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A.
Brewer.
5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash,
splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from
the surface; to splash. [Obs.]
He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser.
Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3. Flint glassFlint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint;
cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh.
akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. Plinth.]
1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in
color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking
with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very
hard, and strikes fire with steel.
2. A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used,
esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
3. Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding,
like flint. ``A heart of flint.' --Spenser.
Flint age. (Geol.) Same as Stone age, under Stone.
Flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex.
Flint glass. See in the Vocabulary.
Flint implements (Arch[ae]ol.), tools, etc., employed by
men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows,
spears, knives, wedges, etc., which were commonly made of
flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard
stones.
Flint mill.
(a) (Pottery) A mill in which flints are ground.
(b) (Mining) An obsolete appliance for lighting the miner
at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were
made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light,
but did not inflame the fire damp. --Knight.
Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint.
Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face
of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints
set in the mortar, with quions of masonry.
Liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in
potash.
To skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any
expedient or any meanness for making money. [Colloq.] Flint glassFlint glass Flint" glass` (Chem.)
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.
Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is
usually made of flint glass. Gall of glassGall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by
insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by
small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay
their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls.
Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.
Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by
insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak
(Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia
and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are
used in the manufacture of that article and for making
ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine.
Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls.
Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that
produces galls.
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the
galls of commerce.
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the
surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall
and sandiver. --Ure.
Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly. GallowglassGallowglass Gal"low*glass`, n. [Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.]
A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles
in the time of Edward ? --Shak. glass gallSandiver San"di*ver, n. [Perh. fr. OF. sa["i]n grease, fat +
de of + verre glass (cf. Saim), or fr. F. sel de verre
sandiver.]
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. [Formerly written
also sandever.] glass gallGall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by
insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by
small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay
their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls.
Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.
Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by
insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak
(Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia
and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are
used in the manufacture of that article and for making
ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine.
Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls.
Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that
produces galls.
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the
galls of commerce.
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the
surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall
and sandiver. --Ure.
Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly. Glass makerGlass maker Glass" mak`er, or Glassmaker Glass"mak`er, n.
One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing,
or Glass"mak`ing, n. Glass makingGlass maker Glass" mak`er, or Glassmaker Glass"mak`er, n.
One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing,
or Glass"mak`ing, n. glass-crabPhyllosoma Phyl`lo*so"ma, n. [NL. See Phyllo-, and -some
body.] (Zo["o]l.)
The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied
genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent;
the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and
glass-shrimp. Glass-crabGlass-crab Glass"-crab`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and
allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines,
thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. Glassen
Glassen Glass"en, a.
Glassy; glazed. [Obs.]
And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. --B. Jonson.
glasseyeWall-eye Wall"-eye`, n. [See Wall-eyed.]
1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or
whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth.
Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be ``a disease in the
crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.' But glaucoma
is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is
wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural
blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett
states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white
of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion
vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called
also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and
wall-eyed perch.
(b) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).
(c) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring. Glasseye
Glasseye Glass"eye`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.
2. (Far.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye
is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
--Youatt.
Glass-faced
Glass-faced Glass"-faced`, a.
Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.]
``The glass-faced flatterer.' --Shak.
GlassfulGlassful Glass"ful, n.; pl. Glassfuls.
The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will
hold. GlassfulsGlassful Glass"ful, n.; pl. Glassfuls.
The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will
hold. Glasshouse
Glasshouse Glass"house`, n.
A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in
glassware.
Glassily
Glassily Glass"i*ly, adv.
So as to resemble glass.
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