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Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..

Etching :: Etching (v. t.) A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching..

Court-plaster :: Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin..

Polyscope :: Polyscope (n.) A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

Abaculus :: Abaculus (n.) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light..

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture..

Muscovy Glass :: Muscovy glass () Mica; muscovite. See Mica.

Anatron :: Anatron (n.) Glass gall or sandiver.

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

Cassius :: Cassius (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius..

Wineglassfuls :: Wineglassfuls (pl. ) of Wineglassfu.

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..

Glasynge :: Glasynge (n.) Glazing or glass.

"""opalotype " :: Opalotype (n.) A picture taken on milky glass..

Pearlash :: Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc..

Monteith :: Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Vitrify :: Vitrify (v. t.) To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion..

Stal :: Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette..

Muller :: Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material..

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