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Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Anything made of glass.

Demijohn :: Demijohn (n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork..

Eyeglass :: Eyeglass (n.) A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.

Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) Colored glasses for relief from intense light.

Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Bocal :: Bocal (n.) A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck..

Platten :: Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass..

Cabazite :: Cabazite (n.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie..

Schooner :: Schooner (n.) A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale..

Santonin :: Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass..

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..

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.

Anneal :: Anneal (v. t.) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen..

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

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer.

Glasswork :: Glasswork (n.) Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

Melanoscope :: Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit..

Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid..

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