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Glaze :: Glaze (v. i.) To become glazed of glassy.

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

Glassy :: Glassy (a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.

Vitriol :: Vitriol (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster..

Pitchstone :: Pitchstone (n.) An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch..

Euplectella :: Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket..

Phenacite :: Phenacite (n.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz..

Nephelite :: Nephelite (n.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash..

Glassy :: Glassy (a.) Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance..

Carinaria :: Carinaria (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills..

Atlanta :: Atlanta (n.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.

Axinite :: Axinite (n.) A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges..

Glassen :: Glassen (a.) Glassy; glazed.

Glass-rope :: Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together..

Glassful :: Glassful (a.) Glassy; shining like glass.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..

Vitreous :: Vitreous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks..

Glass-sponge :: Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc..

Natrolite :: Natrolite (n.) A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda..

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